July 26, 2002

IMA, Peru (AP) - Two buses collided Friday on a slick highway on Peru's coast and another bus slammed into them, killing at least 12 people and injuring 37, police said.

The accident occurred on a curve in the Pan-American Highway near the town of Huarmey, 155 miles northwest of Lima, the capital, police spokesman Manuel Acuna said.

The dead included a 7-year-old boy, he said.

Survivors said two buses were heading in opposite directions on Peru's main coastal highway, which was doused by light rain, when they crashed head-on.

Another bus traveling to Lima then crashed into them, Acuna said.

He said the injured would be transferred by helicopter from Huarmey to hospitals in the capital.

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