local health department officials were quoted as speaking that the bridge over the santa barbara channel , in southern peru ' s ayacucho state , " broke in two " as students and teachers from four country schools were crossing it while going by . fernando valencia , a surgeon with a local emergency confirmed in newspapers that the fatalities toll had risen to three . the accident also injured 53 others , most of those were children between the ages of 10 and 13 , valencia says . fourteen of the deaths were in emergency condition . local police alleged the 120 - meter bridge , made of wooden boards and slats held on by steel cables , suffered because too multiple persons were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.