22 people were killed and 51 others injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in Attock district of Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday night, police said.
Zeeshan Afzal, an officer from Punjab Highway Patrolling Police, told that the accident happened at around 10.00 p.m. in Dhok Pathan area of Pindi Ghep region of Attock.
Local people, police and rescue teams rushed to the crash site and shifted the bodies and injured to hospitals in nearby cities.
At least 18 people died on the spot while four others succumbed to their injuries later.
A hospital official said that the death toll might further rise as seven injured were still in critical condition.
The doomed bus was carrying 82 passengers to a religious congregation in the provincial capital of Lahore from Attock.
The police official said the driver of the ill-fated bus had little experience and could not control the bus while making a sharp turn in high speed.
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