HOME > AFP-JIJI PRESS NEWS JOURNAL > Article

Text Size

small

medium

large


Click Here for Japanese Translation 14 dead in Pakistan wedding bus crash, bride survives

14 dead in Pakistan wedding bus crash, bride survives

結婚式帰りのバス転落、14人死亡 新婦が唯一の生存者か パキスタン

A bus carrying guests home from a wedding plunged into a river in northern Pakistan killing at least 14 people, officials said Wednesday, 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 she is being treated in a Gilgit hospital, Ali added.
Naik Alam, a senior police official from the area, told AFP the driver appeared to have been speeding when he lost control at a curve.
The groom's family had travelled from Punjab, more than 500 kilometres (300 miles) away, for the wedding and were 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 Balochistan in August, 12 men died when their bus crashed into a ravine on the Makran Coastal Highway.
In another accident that month, 24 people on board a bus were killed when it plunged into a ravine near the town of Azad Pattan on the border between Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Click Here for Japanese Translation

AFP-JIJI PRESS NEWS JOURNAL

HEADLINES

POLITICS
Diet to Begin Extraordinary Session Nov. 28 to Discuss Budget, Political Reform
ECONOMY
Review of 1.03-M.-Yen Income Tax Threshold Backed by Over 60% in Jiji Poll
SPORTS
Uruguay's Ex-Soccer Star Diego Forlan Makes Debut as Professional Tennis Player
OTHER
Tokyo Police Arrest 9 People for Extortion over Sexual Services by Estheticians

AFP-JIJI PRESS NEWS JOURNAL


Photos