Passenger bus plunges into a ravine in southern Peru killing at least 37

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A passenger bus fell into a deep ravine early Wednesday after crashing with another vehicle in southern Peru, killing at least 37 people and injuring 13 more, authorities said.

The health manager of the Arequipa region, Walther Oporto, said to local radio RPP that the bus hit a pickup truck and it went off a road on a curve, falling more than 200 meters (more than 650 feet) to the banks of the Ocoña river.

The bus had departed from the city of Chala, a mining area also in southern Peru, and was heading to the city of Arequipa.

Fatal bus accidents are not uncommon in Peru. The cause of Wednesday's accident was not clear, but authorities have said in the past that reckless driving and excessive speed are behind many of these events.

In August, a bus overturned on a highway and 10 people died. In July, another bus traveling from Lima to Peru’s Amazon region also overturned, leaving at least 18 people dead and 48 injured.

In January at least six people died and 32 were injured when a bus fell into a river.

In 2024 there were approximately 3,173 deaths as a result of traffic accidents in the South American country, according to official data from the Death Information System.

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A man walks by a passenger bus after its deadly crash with another vehicle in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiara Tapia)

A man walks by a passenger bus after its deadly crash with another vehicle in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiara Tapia)

A man inspects a vehicle after its deadly crash with a passenger bus in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/ Kiara Tapia)

People walk by a passenger bus after its deadly crash with another vehicle in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kiara Tapia)

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 1, 2026--

Senzing, developers of industry-leading entity resolution technology, today announced that Stephen Gilderdale has joined the company as President & Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Gilderdale will lead the company’s global commercial organization, with responsibility for sales, partnerships, marketing, and revenue operations.

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Gilderdale brings deep experience building and scaling customer-facing teams across enterprise technology. Before joining Senzing®, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Customer Solutions and Services at Collibra, where he led a global organization focused on helping enterprises build greater confidence in their data and turn that confidence into business results. Earlier in his career, he held senior go-to-market leadership roles at Dell Technologies and also gained formative experience in financial markets.

At Senzing, Gilderdale will work closely with customers and partners to help organizations across banking, insurance, and AI agentic deployments unlock greater value from identity intelligence and trusted data. This work is increasingly important as enterprises look to strengthen AI, analytics, and real-time decisioning with more accurate, connected, and explainable entity data.

“Stephen is a proven growth leader who knows how to align teams, sharpen execution, and keep the customer at the center of the business,” said Jeff Jonas, Founder and CEO of Senzing. “He brings the commercial discipline, global operating experience, and leadership maturity that will help Senzing scale its next phase of growth as enterprises rise to meet both the opportunities and risks of agentic AI.”

“I am excited to join Senzing at such an important stage of growth, as demand for identity intelligence continues to rise across AI and agentic markets,” said Gilderdale. “Organizations everywhere are under pressure to turn complex data into trusted insight they can act on. Senzing brings a unique ability to help customers do exactly that. I look forward to working with the team, customers, and partners to build on that momentum.”

About Senzing

Senzing delivers the identity intelligence organizations need to achieve their agentic AI aspirations. As the creator of Agentic Entity Resolution, Senzing enables AI agents to autonomously identify and act on real-world entities in real time or batch—keeping all data secure within customer infrastructure. Backed by 40+ years of innovation and 300+ years of combined team experience, Senzing is trusted by organizations worldwide to ensure their AI agents operate on accurate and trustworthy data. Senzing is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit www.senzing.ai.

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