<p>Twenty people died and more than a dozen were injured when a passenger bus fell off a cliff in central Bolivia Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p>The bus plunged some 150 meters (500 feet) after leaving the road between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz in the early morning hours, said traffic police chief Helsner Torrico Valdez.</p>.<p>"Until now, 20 people have died and approximately 13 people have been wounded," he said.</p>.<p>The injured have been rushed to hospitals in the area.</p>.<p>In a similar incident last September, 19 people died and 17 were hurt when a bus drove off a cliff elsewhere in Bolivia.</p>.<p>Last April, a bus fell 200 meters into a ravine, leaving 25 people dead after a collision involving two trucks north of La Paz.</p>.<p>At the time, then-president Evo Morales urged bus drivers to take more care in a country that has a sorry record for highway safety.</p>
<p>Twenty people died and more than a dozen were injured when a passenger bus fell off a cliff in central Bolivia Tuesday, police said.</p>.<p>The bus plunged some 150 meters (500 feet) after leaving the road between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz in the early morning hours, said traffic police chief Helsner Torrico Valdez.</p>.<p>"Until now, 20 people have died and approximately 13 people have been wounded," he said.</p>.<p>The injured have been rushed to hospitals in the area.</p>.<p>In a similar incident last September, 19 people died and 17 were hurt when a bus drove off a cliff elsewhere in Bolivia.</p>.<p>Last April, a bus fell 200 meters into a ravine, leaving 25 people dead after a collision involving two trucks north of La Paz.</p>.<p>At the time, then-president Evo Morales urged bus drivers to take more care in a country that has a sorry record for highway safety.</p>