A bus carrying guests home from a wedding plunged into a river in northern Pakistan, killing at least 14 people, officials said, with the bride so far the only known survivor.
“There were 25 people on the bus and so far, 14 dead bodies have been recovered while 10 are still missing,” said Wazir Asad Ali, a rescue official in Gilgit-Baltistan.
“The bride is out of danger and being treated in a Gilgit hospital,” Wazir Asad added.
Naik Alam, a senior police official from the area, said the driver appeared to have been speeding when he lost control at a curve.
The groom’s family had travelled from Punjab, more than 500km away, for the wedding and was returning home when the accident happened.
Road accidents with high fatalities are common in Pakistan, where safety measures are lax, driver training is poor and transport infrastructure is often decrepit.
In August, 12 men died in Balochistan when their bus crashed into a ravine on the Makran Coastal Highway, and in another accident, 24 people on a bus were killed when it plunged into a ravine near Azad Pattan. — AFP
