PAKISTAN: Speeding passenger bus overturns in the central Pakistani city of Rahim Yar Khan killing at least 20 people
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382888
PAKISTAN: Speeding passenger bus overturns in the central Pakistani city of Rahim Yar Khan killing at least 20 people
- Title: PAKISTAN: Speeding passenger bus overturns in the central Pakistani city of Rahim Yar Khan killing at least 20 people
- Date: 28th May 2012
- Summary: RAHIM YAR KHAN, PAKISTAN (MAY 25, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WRECKAGE OF BUS PLATE WITH NAME OF BUS SERVICE WRITTEN ON IT MORE OF WRECKAGE BROKEN GLASS STREWN ON GROUND OVERTURNED BUS VARIOUS OF WRECKAGE POLICE INVESTIGATING AND LOCAL RESIDENTS PICKING UP BELONGINGS MORE OF WRECKAGE EXTERIOR OF LOCAL HOSPITAL INJURED MAN LYING UNCONSCIOUS IN ROPE COT MAN HELPING INJURED MOVE ON ROPE COT TWO WOUNDED MEN LYING ON HOSPITAL BEDS WOUNDED MAN BEING FED JUICE VARIOUS OF DEAD BODIES COVERED IN WHITE SHEETS
- Embargoed: 12th June 2012 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Pakistan
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Accidents,Transport
- Reuters ID: LVAAJRSWJ754KLT9OWV4AV2WJARJ
- Story Text: At least 20 people were killed and twenty five others injured when a speeding passenger bus overturned in the Pakistan's central Punjab province late on Friday (May 25)..
The accident occurred at Rahim Yar Khan district, about 400 km from Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.
Three of the dead were women, while one was a child.
The bus was travelling to Karachi from Bahawalpur with 40 passengers on board when it hit a fence and overturned.
Rescue teams reached the spot and moved the injured to nearby hospitals. Some of the injured were reported to be in critical condition. Bus accidents are common in rural Pakistan where road are not good and drivers generally ignore rules. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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