county healthcare department officials were quoted as said that the crossing over the santa barbara river , in southern peru ' s tacna province , " broke in two " as kids and people from four rural schools were crossing it while getting home . fernando valencia , a dentist with a locally hospital believed in reports that the death total had decreased to nine . the accident also injured 53 children , most of whom were kids between the ears of 10 and 13 , gonzalez said . eleven of the victims were in critical condition . state police stated the 120 - meter bridge , made of wooden boarded and slats held together by steel cords , collapsed because too many people were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.