LIMA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people died due to the collision of a minibus with a truck on a road in the city of Azangaro, in the southern Peruvian department of Puno Thursday night, local media said Friday.

The accident occurred around 8 p.m. local time when the small passenger bus hit the rear of the truck that stopped without signs, said the state news agency Andina quoting information from the Serenazgo Municipal Public Surveillance Service.

The service added that the accident also left several injured people who were treated at the scene by its staff and were then transferred to the Carlos Cornejo Rosello Vizcardo Hospital and a private clinic.

The bus, which was covering the Juliaca-Azangaro route, was apparently speeding, so it did not realize that the truck had stopped, according to the service. ■