2 buses collide in southern Peru, killing 5 and injuring 16

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Two buses crashed into each other Saturday in southern Peru killing at least five people and injuring another 16, authorities said.

The head-on collision took place along the southern Panamerican Highway in the town of Tacna, near the border with Chile, police told The Associated Press.

Eddy Vicente, director of the Hipólito Unanue de Tacna hospital, told reporters that the majority of those injured are stable, while a 24-year-old man is in serious condition with multiple fractures.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash.