local state department officials were quoted as speaking that the bridge over the santa cruz river , in coastal peru ' s yucatán provinces , " tore in two " as students and teachers from four rural districts were jumping it while going downstream . fernando valencia , a specialist with a local hospital confirmed in reports that the death load had lowered to nine . the accident also injured 53 others , most of whom were children between the classes of 10 and 13 , valencia told . ten of the victims were in critical condition . locally reports claim the 120 - meter bridge , made of wooden frames and tailplane held together by steel cables , crashed because too often people were on it .
The Peruvian bridge in Ayachuco province broke because of the weight on it.