LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Two buses have crashed head-on on a highway in Bolivia's highlands, leaving at least 17 people dead and 10 injured.

Police say passengers were trapped in the wreckage of the buses, which collided Saturday in Bolivia's Andes Mountains near the town Achacachi, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of La Paz.

A police report said the accident was caused by excessive velocity and did not rule out that one bus had invaded the lane of the other.

"Firefighters reached the scene to see what had happened. The people were trapped in the vehicles," Col. Pablo Garcia, direct of transit in El Alto, told radio Erbol.

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Deadly bus accidents are common in Bolivia's highlands where narrow highways sometimes wind through mountain ranges near steep precipices. </s> Two buses have crashed head-on on a highway in Bolivia's highlands, leaving at least 17 people dead and 10 injured https://t.co/tYLEpvkjZO </s> Police say a passenger bus has flipped over on an Andean highway in Argentina, killing 19 of the 43 people aboard. The bus was traveling from the Argentine city of Mendoza to Santiago, Chile, when the accident occurred just after midnight Saturday on Route 7 near the Aconcagua Provincial Park that includes the highest mountain in the Americas.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Fox News. </s> BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Police say a passenger bus has flipped over on an Andean highway in Argentina, killing 19 of the 42 people aboard.

There were 40 passengers and two drivers on the vehicle.

The bus was traveling from the Argentine city of Mendoza to Santiago, Chile, when the accident occurred just after midnight Saturday on Route 7 near the Aconcagua Provincial Park that includes the highest mountain in the Americas.

Some of the injured were transported to the local community of Uspallata for medical care, while others were taken to the provincial capital of Mendoza.

The highway was closed for several hours, but later opened up to traffic. </s> At least 19 people have been killed and 23 injured after a passenger bus 'flipped over' on a highway in Argentina.

The bus was en route from the Argentine city of Mendoza to Santiago, Chile, and had 42 people on board when it overturned on Route 7 of the Pan-American highway shortly after midnight on Saturday, according to police.

Route 7 is a remote mountain road that winds through the Andes.

The accident happened near the Aconcagua Provincial Park - which includes the highest mountain in the Americas - and resulted in the highway being closed for several hours. </s> LIMA – At least seven people died and more than 50 sustained injuries on Saturday when a bus fell into a ravine in the central Peruvian region of Huanuco, according to Peru’s National Emergency Operations Center.

Rescue teams formed of police and firefighters arrived at the site of the accident and helped evacuate those injured to hospitals around Huanuco.

The bus was estimated to be carrying more than 60 people including the driver and co-driver.

It left the city of Pucallpa, in the eastern region of Ucayali, and destined for Tingo Maria, around 155 miles west.

Police said that for unknown reasons, the coach plunged into a ravine 150 meters deep while traveling along the Federico Basadre highway.

More than 100 people have been killed in three major bus accidents in the South American country. </s> Source: Xinhua| 2018-08-13 07:31:09|Editor: ZD

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LIMA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people were killed in Peru on Sunday after a bus fell into a ravine in the western region of Ancash, police said.

The accident occurred in the Sihuas-Quiches highway, in an area known as Arenapampa, when the bus plummeted into a 100-meter deep ravine. The causes are still being investigated.

Rescue teams, aided by local inhabitants, were able to transport the injured to hospitals nearby. </s> LA PAZ: A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday.

The doctors were part of the MedFund foundation based in La Paz and were heading to five villages in the region around Apolo to the north of La Paz.According to reports, the bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night close to Charazani, around 250 kilometres to the north of La Paz. Amongst the dead were 11 woman, according to Daniel Quelca, the health service co-ordinator for the Apolobamba region.Bolivia has a sorry record when it comes to highway safety, and crashes involving buses travelling at night are common.

The worst accident this year came in April when 25 people died when a head-on collision between two vehicles sent a bus crashing into a ravine to the north of La Paz. In February, 24 people died in an accident between a bus and a truck in Oruro. And in January, 34 people died over a weekend in two separate incidents, the first a collision between two buses on the road between the southern regions of Oruro and Potosi. </s> The bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night (Representational)

A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed leaving 14 dead and 21 injured, the La Paz local government said on Monday.

The doctors were part of the MedFund foundation based in La Paz and were heading to five villages in the region around Apolo to the north of La Paz.

According to reports, the bus fell into a ravine on Sunday night close to Charazani, around 250 kilometers to the north of La Paz.

Amongst the dead were 11 woman, according to Daniel Quelca, the health service co-ordinator for the Apolobamba region.

Bolivia has a sorry record when it comes to highway safety, and crashes involving buses travelling at night are common.

The worst accident this year came in April when 25 people died when a head-on collision between two vehicles sent a bus crashing into a ravine to the north of La Paz.

In February, 24 people died in an accident between a bus and a truck in Oruro.

And in January, 34 people died over a weekend in two separate incidents, the first a collision between two buses on the road between the southern regions of Oruro and Potosi, and the second when a bus careered over a cliff edge near the capital Sucre, in the center-south of the country.

Bolivia's authorities have shown little appetite to tackle the problem, with President Evo Morales writing on Twitter after the April accident: "To our brother drivers we ask you to always be very careful."

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Two buses crash head-on on a highway in Achacachi, Bolivia, leaving at least 17 people dead and 10 injured.