- Death Road is estimated to claim the lives of between 200-300 travelers EACH YEAR.
- Death Road has also claimed the lives of 18 cyclists since 1998.
- On 24 July 1983, a bus veered off the Yungas Road and into a canyon, killing more than 100 passengers in what is said to be Bolivia’s worst road accident.
In this clip, a number of men try to keep a semi from falling down the steep cliff as it teeters on the edge. Tragically, the driver of the truck was killed in this accident.
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