the state department official were quoted as saying that the viaduct over the santa barbara rivers , in southern peru ' s cajamarca province , " ripped in just " as students and children from several local schools were climbing it while leaving home . alfonso perez , a surgeon with a local emergency reported in reports that the death tally had rose to nine . the accident still injured 53 others , most of who were children between the ages of 10 and 13 , valencia says . fourteen of the victims were in critical condition . local police said the 120 - meters walkway , make of wooden posts and slats kept together by the cables , collapsed because too many students were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.