local health administration officials were quoted as saying that the one over the santa barbara river , in northwestern bolivia ' s ayacucho region , " fell in double " as kids and teachers from seven rural cities were crossing it while goin home . fernando valencia , a surgeon with a local emergency confirmed in reports that the death sentence had risen to nine . the tragedy additionally harmed 53 others , most of whom were boys between the ages of 10 and 13 , venezuela says . fourteen of the victims were in stable mood . local police said the 120 - level road , fashioned of wooden boards and blinds joined together by steel cables , collapsed because too dozen people were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.