"Several people have been killed in a bus accident north of Peru's capital, Lima, reported the peruvian media. In the bus sat a delegation was on its way to the peruvian ex-president Alan García's funeral."
"at Least eight people have been confirmed dead and over 40 have been injured, reports the newspaper El Comercio. A total set of 54 persons on board and the accident occurred at four o'clock in the morning local time. The bus is reported to have run into a betongstruktur on a bridge."
"the Delegation on board belonged to Alan García, the socialist party, Apra, and traveled towards the capital from a city in the northern parts of the country."
"Alan García governed Peru in two periods, 1985 and 1990 and 2006-2011. He was the subject of a large korruptionsutredning and shot himself earlier in the week when the police came to his home to arrest him. He later died in the hospital."