Bus crash in Pakistan: 22 dead, 50 injured

  15 August 2016    Read: 1127
Bus crash in Pakistan: 22 dead, 50 injured
22 people have been killed, 50 people have been injured after a bus carrying a wedding party fell into a ravine in a remote hilly area of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, France Press reported.
"A bus [was] carrying around 50 people, who were going to attend a wedding ceremony, from Palandari to Hajira when it fell into a ravine," local police chief Hassan Qayum said.

The bride and groom were not on the bus, local senior official Ibrar Azam said.

The accident happened about 108 kilometres north-east of Islamabad in the Janjal Hill area of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Pakistan has one of the world`s worst records for fatal traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.

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