local health department officials were quoted as writing that the bridge over the santa barbara river , in southern peru ' s quechua province , " broke in eleven " as students and teachers from several elementary schools were crossing it while going homes . fernando granada , a soldier with a local clinic confirmed in reports that the death toll had risen to eleven . the accident also wounded 53 others , most of whom were children between the hours of 10 and 13 , and said . fourteen of the perpetrators were in critical shape . provincial authorities believe the 120 - meter bridge , made of wooden panels and flaps held together by copper cable , broke because too most people were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.