Overcrowded bus plunges into ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 40 passengers and injuring 8
The overcrowded bus carried 36 passengers before more boarded midroute, and rescue teams took the injured to hospital as officials said reports may change.
- On Friday, a Peshawar-bound passenger bus fell into a ravine near Dana Sar as it crossed from Balochistan's Sherani district into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Dera Ismail Khan, killing at least 24 people and injuring 8 others.
- Departing Quetta with 36 passengers, the bus became overcrowded after taking on additional people from a broken-down vehicle midway, according to local authorities.
- Rescue teams and ambulances from the district administration reached the site "immediately" after the incident, Wali Khan Kakar confirmed to Dawn, with injured transferred to hospital.
- President Asif Ali Zardari expressed sorrow over the incident and directed relevant authorities to ensure the injured receive the best possible medical care.
- This incident follows a fatal crash in May when a minibus rammed into a parked bus in northwest Pakistan, resulting in 17 deaths and five injuries.
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Overcrowded bus plunges into ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 40 passengers
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding, overcrowded passenger bus plunged from a highway into a rocky ravine in southwestern Pakistan early Friday, killing 40 people and injuring eight others in one of the deadliest road accidents in recent years, officials…
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