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Two Killed, 42 Injured as Wedding Bus Overturns in Balochistan
A bus carrying people to a wedding overturned in Balochistan, Pakistan.
The bus was traveling from Rakhni to Kohlu.
Police said it may have been carrying too many people.
Forty-two people were injured.
A woman and a child later died in the hospital.
Police and rescuers took the injured passengers to Kohlu hospital.
Other serious road crashes have also happened recently in Pakistan.
These included accidents involving buses and vans in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Peshawar.
A bus carrying a wedding party overturned on the Kohlu-Dera Ghazi Khan highway in Balochistan.
Police said the bus was traveling from Rakhni to Kohlu and may have overturned because of overloading.
Two people, a woman and a child, died after being taken to a hospital in Kohlu.
Police and rescue officials transported the 42 injured passengers to the hospital for treatment.
The accident follows several deadly road crashes reported across Pakistan in recent months.
- Who
- Passengers traveling in a wedding party; two people died and 42 others were injured.
- What
- A bus overturned, reportedly because of overloading.
- Where
- On the Kohlu-Dera Ghazi Khan highway in Balochistan, while the bus was traveling from Rakhni to Kohlu.
- When
- The accident was reported on Friday; the article does not provide the date.
- Why
- Police attributed the crash to overloading.
Key facts
- Deaths
- Two people—a woman and a child—died from their injuries.
- Injured
- Forty-two people were injured.
- Vehicle
- The vehicle was a bus carrying a wedding party.
- Route
- The bus was traveling from Rakhni to Kohlu.
- Crash site
- The accident occurred on the Kohlu-Dera Ghazi Khan highway.
- Response
- Police and rescue officials took the injured to a hospital in Kohlu.
- Recent comparison
- A May 25 crash in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed 16 people and injured seven others.
Sources
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