Pakistan transport accidents leave 51 dead

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 31, 2023 12:16 am

BELA, Pakistan: At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan on Sunday, when a bus plunged off a bridge and a boat carrying schoolchildren capsized.

Forty-one are so far confirmed dead after their bus crashed into a ravine in southwestern Balochistan province, while at least 10 students died in the boating accident in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said.

BODIES IN BAGS Volunteers carry the remains of one of the victims of a bus accident at the city of Bela, at a hospital in the city of Karachi, southern Pakistan on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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