This is one of the most awful events I’ve heard about recently. Lima has a huge problem with people stealing manhole covers, and the streets are becoming hazardous to pedestrians – now fatally, for one Lima teenager. El Fotógrafo told me about the incident over breakfast. “What a way to go,” he said, shaking his [...]
Lima Teen Falls in Open Manhole & Disappears in Sewer
July 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Traffic & Accidents in Lima
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Death Window, Lima Combi Bus
July 16th, 2008 · Comments Off · Daily Life in Lima, Traffic & Accidents in Lima
Looking through El Fotógrafo’s photos of the car crash in our neighborhood in April, I was struck by the irony of this image: The driver of the combi had just crashed his busload of passengers into a small car driven by a mother with her preschool daughter. Medics had already arrived on the scene to cart [...]