At least 51 people were killed in two separate transport accidents in western Pakistan on Sunday, when a bus plunged off a bridge and a boat carrying a class of children capsized.
BELA, Pakistan –
The charred brown husk of the vehicle chassis smoked on a dry riverbed under the bridge on Sunday, according to video released by the provincial government. The bus was reportedly carrying a total of 48 passengers when it hit a pillar on the bridge and careened off course earlier on Sunday. “I got stuck under the boat,” he told AFP. “My shawl and sweater weighed me down, so I took them off.”
“According to the information so far, the boat was in a dilapidated condition and it was overloaded too,” he said.
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