the health department offices were quoted as saying that the bridge over the south monica river , in southern peru ' s lima province , " broke in two " as students and teachers from several primary areas were crossing it while going home . fernando vila , a surgeon with a local hospital confirmed in rumors that the death rate had risen to nine . the accident also injured 53 others , most of who were youths between the ears of 10 and 13 , valencia said . fourteen of the passengers were in critical repair . locally media said the 120 - step walkway , fashioned of wooden boards and flaps held together by metal cables , weakened because too more children were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.