(29 May 2024)
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Basima, Pakistan - 29 May 2024
1. Various shots of passenger bus that fell into a ravine killing at least 28, injuring 20 others
2. Injured on beds inside hospital
3. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Basham Khan, passenger on bus:
“Our bus left Turbat toward Quetta. When we passed the area of Basima, there was a small village where our bus fell into a ditch. As a result, the bus was badly damaged. The army, police and Baluchistan Levies reached us in time for a rescue operation and they rescued us.”
4. Various of bus wreckage
5. Relatives and officials around ambulance carrying injured
6. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Dr Abdul Haq Baloch, treating injured:
“We treated the injured patients here in this hospital. There were 25 of them. After that, we received dead bodies brought to us by ambulances. They died on the spot and there were 28 of them. We treated the injured well. Those who were in a serious condition we referred to a bigger hospital for further treatment.”
7. Various of ambulances outside hospital
8. Various of people gathered around patients being transported out of ambulance
STORYLINE:
A speeding passenger bus fell from a highway into a rocky ravine in southwest Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at least 28 people and injuring 20 others, officials said.
Local police officer Asghar Ali said the driver lost control suddenly in Washuk town as the bus was traveling from Turbat, the second-largest city in Baluchistan province, to Quetta, the province’s capital. Police were trying to collect details from the injured.
Ismail Mengal, a government administrator in Washuk, said the driver of the bus was among the dead. He said officers are still trying to determine the cause of the crash.
He said rescuers and police quickly responded and provided initial medical treatment to the injured passengers.
Police transported the dead and injured to a hospital, where some of the injured were in critical condition.
Local media pictures showed the wreckage at the bottom of a rocky ravine.
In a statement, Sarfraz Bugti, the chief minister in Baluchistan, expressed grief over the loss of lives, and he ordered the best possible medical treatment be provided to the injured.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in separate statements expressed sorrow over the deaths.
Road accidents are common in Pakistan where traffic rules and safety standards are sparsely followed, even on battered roads in particularly rugged areas.
The latest accident occurred three days after 13 members of a family were killed in a deadly collision between a van and a truck in Multan, a city in the eastern Punjab province.
At least 20 people were killed and another 30 were injured earlier this month in a similar crash.
AP Video shot by Ismail Essazai
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