Pakistan
Pakistan: Bus crash leaves 25 dead
A bus, which was travelling from Kahuta to Rawalpindi, in Pakistan fell into a ditch leaving at least 25 people dead, media reports said.
“The accident was caused due to the coaster’s failed brakes,” Rescue 1122 Punjab official Usman Gujjar told Dawn News.
The bodies are currently being shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Kahuta, he said.
The victims of the crash included 20 men, four women and a child.
The cause of the crash is still not known.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbz Sharif have condoled the loss of lives in the tragedy.
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