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Pakistan: 19 dead as bus falls into deep ravine
Rescuers search for survivors among wreckage after vehicle slips on wet road
A passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine in heavy rain in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing 19 people and injuring 12 others, a government official said.
Mahtab Shah, assistant administrator for the district of Shirani in Baluchistan province, said about 35 passengers were travelling in the bus. He said rescue workers were searching for survivors in the wreckage of the destroyed vehicle and surroundings.
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Shah said apparently the bus slid on the wet road amid heavy rain and the driver lost control of the vehicle, which fell about 200 feet (61 meters) into the ravine.
Last month, 22 people were killed in a similar accident when a bus fell into a ravine in Qila Saifullah district.
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