A minimum of 14 folks have been killed after a bus carrying wedding ceremony friends crashed right into a river in Pakistan.
The bus was carrying round two dozen passengers. Searches proceed for our bodies and survivors.
There are differing experiences in regards to the quantity of people that have died, with some native officers saying 18 folks had been confirmed lifeless after the crash into the Indus River in northern Pakistan.
It has been reported the bus left the highway on the Thalichi Bridge. A celebration of 27 folks had been heading to Chakwal, a metropolis within the Punjab province, authorities spokesman Faizullah Faraq mentioned.
A minimum of 9 persons are thought to nonetheless be lacking.
Mr Faraq added that to date just one girl had been discovered alive and was being handled in hospital.
The reason for the crash hasn’t been confirmed. Police are but to take an announcement from the survivor.
However Reuters reported that the driving force is assumed to have misplaced management of the automobile at velocity, in accordance with native authorities.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari supplied his condolences after the tragedy.
The president additionally inspired rescuers to work shortly to search out the remaining lacking passengers.
Crashes on the roads are widespread in Pakistan attributable to poor infrastructure. In August, greater than 30 folks had been killed and dozens injured in two separate bus crashes.
