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Passenger bus crash kills 16 in Pakistan, 37 injured

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The accident happened in the area of Puna, 170 kilometres southeast of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Published: Mon 21 Jul 2014, 6:40 PM

Updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 1:05 AM

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Sixteen people died after a passenger bus plunged nearly 200 metres into a ravine in Pakistan’s Kashmir region on Monday, officials said.

The accident happened in the area of Puna, 170 kilometres southeast of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

“A passenger bus was going to Smahni town on the border with India from the eastern district of Mirpur, when it fell into a 200-metre deep ditch, killing 16 passengers and wounding 37 others,” senior police official Ghulam Akbar said.

He said the bus was overloaded and speeding. The driver lost control while taking a sharp turn on the narrow and poorly maintained road in the mountainous region.



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