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The crash was the third such incident nationwide this month, all occurring in the southern Andean region of the country and killing a total of 80 people."
During rescue operations, we found two more bodies," Fedia Castro, mayor of La Convencion province where the crash took place, was quoted as saying by the Andina official news agency.
Local prosecutor Juan Carlos Valverde said none of the truck's occupants survived. A previous toll had put the number of dead at 49.
The victims included at least 14 children, and officials were investigating whether the driver, who died with his wife and children, was drunk at the time of the accident.
People often travel by truck in the region due to a shortage of buses, Castro said.The truck tumbled 300 meters (985 feet) in a remote area near the town of Suyucuyo and was carrying revelers.
Deadly crashes are commonplace in Peru, where poorly maintained roads zigzag up and down the towering Andes.
Worsening the problem, drivers are often inexperienced and buses are known to break down frequently.
In the last week, two other deadly crashes in southern Peru took 19 and 10 lives, respectively.
More than 4,000 people were killed in traffic accidents in 2012, according to official statistics.
What a horror! And I'm sure the driver wasn't drunk and most likely he was experienced driver. Remember, he was with his wife and children, with other children on the bus. All this talk trying to blame a driver, just makes me so mad! Something really evil happened there. Where these children lived? I only could find that the bus crushed near Suyucuyo, de La Convención, in a remote area of Cusco, Peru _https://www.facebook.com/pages/CANAL-15/101719726539856 It says, that the bus passengers were the participants of the regional festival in Santa Teresa district of Peru.