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| - A bus carrying miners fell into a ravine on a mountain road Friday in southern Peru, killing at least 27, their employer said. Another 16 miners were injured in the early morning accident on a road in the Andes, the Ares Mining Company said. The bus was headed from a mine near the Nasca Lines archeological site to the city of Arequipa, it said. The bus plunged into a 400-meter (1,300-foot) ravine, leaving bodies scattered across the slopes of a hill in the desert region, press reports said. It was the second major road accident in 10 days in Peru, where driving can be dangerous due to speeding motorists, poorly-maintained highways, a lack of signs and poor traffic safety enforcement. A total of 17 people died last week when a bus plummeted into a ravine in the La Libertad region, 500 kilometers (300 miles) north of Lima. cm/dw/ft
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