<p>Thirty-two passengers died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru early Tuesday, officials said, in the country's third multiple-victim transport accident in four days.</p>.<p>The accident happened on a narrow stretch of the Carretera Central road some 37 miles (60 kilometres) east of the capital Lima.</p>.<p>"Unfortunately, at the moment, there are 32 dead," said police commander Cesar Cervantes.</p>.<p>A six-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl were among the dead, police said.</p>.<p>There had been 63 passengers on the bus.</p>.<p>A search and rescue effort was underway for possible survivors and to recover bodies, the police department added on Twitter.</p>.<p>Cervantes said "recklessness" contributed to Tuesday's accident, adding that the bus had been travelling "at high speed."</p>.<p>It hit a rock and plunged into an abyss some 650 feet (200 meters) deep, according to survivor accounts.</p>.<p>On Sunday, 22 people died when two boats collided on the Amazon river in Peru. An undetermined number remain missing.</p>.<p>Two days earlier, another bus fell into a ravine in the country's southeast, killing 17 people.</p>.<p>Road accidents are common in the Andean country due to factors including speeding motorists, poorly maintained highways, a lack of road signs and poor traffic safety enforcement.</p>
<p>Thirty-two passengers died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru early Tuesday, officials said, in the country's third multiple-victim transport accident in four days.</p>.<p>The accident happened on a narrow stretch of the Carretera Central road some 37 miles (60 kilometres) east of the capital Lima.</p>.<p>"Unfortunately, at the moment, there are 32 dead," said police commander Cesar Cervantes.</p>.<p>A six-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl were among the dead, police said.</p>.<p>There had been 63 passengers on the bus.</p>.<p>A search and rescue effort was underway for possible survivors and to recover bodies, the police department added on Twitter.</p>.<p>Cervantes said "recklessness" contributed to Tuesday's accident, adding that the bus had been travelling "at high speed."</p>.<p>It hit a rock and plunged into an abyss some 650 feet (200 meters) deep, according to survivor accounts.</p>.<p>On Sunday, 22 people died when two boats collided on the Amazon river in Peru. An undetermined number remain missing.</p>.<p>Two days earlier, another bus fell into a ravine in the country's southeast, killing 17 people.</p>.<p>Road accidents are common in the Andean country due to factors including speeding motorists, poorly maintained highways, a lack of road signs and poor traffic safety enforcement.</p>