AT LEAST 20 people have been killed in a horror bus crash in Pakistan as 21 others are left in hospital receiving treatment.
The bus fatally veered into a rocky ravine this morning prompting a huge government rescue mission, said a local government spokesman.
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The bus reportedly went off at a narrow mountain road before plunging into a deep valley in the southwest Pakistan.
The spokesman, Faizullah Firaq, told Reuters: “The bus was passing through Diamer district in Gilgit-Baltistan when it fell into a deep ravine.”
The horrifying ordeal was declared an emergency in Gilgit-Baltistan as the hospital was overrun with patients.
Thirty eight passengers were on board the bus alongside three others thought to be drivers and assistants.
At least three women are among those killed, says the Director of the health in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Army helicopters were flown in as part of the recovery and rescue operations as those injured were airlifted to a nearby hospital.
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