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LIMA, Peru -A packed bus skidded off a highway and
\n flipped on its side in Peru’s southern Andes mountains, killing 13 people,
\n including one American, and injuring 40, police said Monday.<\/p>\n
The accident occurred before dawn Sunday on an isolated road near the highland
\n district of Santa Lucia, about 800 kilometers (500 miles) southeast of
\n the capital of Lima.<\/p>\n
Police said a U.S. citizen was among those killed. She was identified by
\n the Minneapolis Star Tribune as Meghan Sennott, 20, the daughter of one
\n of that newspaper’s photographers. He was notified about her death by U.S.
\n Consulate officials in Lima.<\/p>\n
She was a junior at Boston University<\/a>, the paper said.<\/p>\n Officials were investigating the cause of the crash, but local media attributed Buses in Peru often are poorly maintained, and drivers frequently speed Overall, 557 people were killed in rural bus accidents between July 2004 from Fox Our heart goes out to the family of Meghan Sennott. As a seasoned survivor of myriad treks, long hauls and The Dowbrigade’s Anyone with a yen for adventure would be well advised to get in touch with the Dowbrigade’s son Joey at his Andean Adventure Hotel<\/a> in the Switzerland of Peru. Have a Great Trip!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LIMA, Peru -A packed bus skidded off a highway and flipped on its side in Peru’s southern Andes mountains, killing 13 people, including one American, and injuring 40, police said Monday. The accident occurred before dawn Sunday on an isolated … Continue reading
\n the crash to either the driver falling asleep or a mechanical failure that
\n had twice prompted the driver to pull over the vehicle, which carried about
\n 60 passengers.<\/p>\n
\n and pass each other on blind mountain curves.<\/p>\n
\n and June 2005, according to Peru’s nonprofit Center for Investigation of
\n Overland Transport.<\/p>\n
\n News<\/a><\/p>\n
\n Any
\n seasoned traveler knows taking a bus on the Gringo Trail is taking one’s
\n life in one’s
\n own hands.
\n Of
\n course,
\n there
\n is no other way to get around down there except hitch-hiking, which is
\n like dipping your life in grease before taking it in your own hands,
\n blindfolded.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n multi-country bus trips on the Gringo Trail, the Pan-American Highway,
\n and smaller roads across the breadth and depth of South America, we have
\n compiled a short list of tips for the less experienced adventurer.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Rules of the Road for Andean Bus Trips<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n\n
\n no visible welding or patched tires<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n before boarding<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n casual conversation, to establish his sobriety<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n pharmacy near the bus station
\n before leaving, and stock up on barbiturates,
\n pain-killers and anti-anxiety medication (no prescription needed)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n the dives the driver stops at are all operated by syphallitic relatives
\n as part of the Dysentery City chain<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n everyone will be drunk<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n everyone will be drunk<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n everyone will be hung over<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
\n aren’t we) with a favorite personal technique; we always try to board
\n buses which have among the passengers several Priests or Nuns, on
\n the theory
\n that
\n this will keep the driver on his best behavior. It’s worked for me,
\n so far….<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n