An American in Lima

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Death Window, Lima Combi Bus

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments · 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 the [...]

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Crazy Combi Collides with Car in San Antonio, Miraflores – Victims Strewn on Sidewalk

April 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Traffic & Accidents in Lima

LIMA, PERU (4/29/08): You don’t usually see car crashes in my quiet neighborhood of San Antonio, but that changed abruptly last Saturday afternoon, April 26, when a speeding combi bus collided with a small car carrying a mother and child. The combi plowed into a concrete pole at Avenida Arias Aragues and Calle General Silva, by [...]

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