(8 Jun 2022)
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Qilla Saifullah, Baluchistan province - 8 June 2022
1. Various of mini-bus wreckage
2. Site of wreckage, top of mountain
3. Various of wreckage
4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mohammad Qasim, deputy district administrator of Qilla Saifullah:
"A passenger bus plummeted into a ravine, 23 passengers were onboard, of which 22 were killed and one 13-year-old boy survived but is seriously injured and has been referred to Quetta for better treatment."
5. Hospital ward where bodies are covered with white cloth, relatives and staff standing
6. Various of relatives moving coffins
7. Body covered in white cloth on hospital bed
8. Ambulances outside hospital
STORYLINE:
A speeding bus veered off a narrow mountain road and plummeted into a ravine in a remote area of southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 22 passengers including women and children, a government official said.
The accident happened in the district of Qilla Saifullah in Baluchistan province.
Deputy District Administrator Mohammad Qasim said rescuers transported the bodies to a nearby hospital.
Qasim had also said that a 13-year-old child had survived but was seriously injured.
He said relatives of passengers who died in the crash were arriving at a hospital to receive their bodies.
The exact cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Authorities said the weather was fine at the time of the crash, and that police officers were looking into possible mechanical problems or human error as witnesses said the bus appeared to be speeding when it lost control and fell into a ravine.
Qilla Saifullah is located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi and other government officials expressed sorrow over the tragic accident, and ordered authorities to make arrangements to deliver the bodies of passengers to their families.
Deadly road accidents such as this one are common in Pakistan due to poor road infrastructure and disregard for traffic laws, as well as poorly maintained vehicles.
In July of last year, a jam-packed bus carrying mostly laborers traveling home for a major Muslim holiday rammed into a container truck on a busy highway in central Pakistan, killing at least 33 people.
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