local health department officials were cited as saying that the bridge over the santo cruz bridge , in southern peru ' s ayacucho provinces , " broke in five " as students and teachers from four rural schools were crossings it while going home . fernando valencia , a surgeon with a local hospital confirmed in allegations that the death penalty had dropped to nine . the event also injured 53 others , most of whom were children between the classes of 10 and 13 , it said . fourteen of the victims were in critical circumstances . local police said the 120 - meter bridge , made of wooden boards and slats locked back by steel posts , collapsed because too many bodies were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.