Pakistan bus crash kills 14, leaves 63 others injured
At least 14 passengers were killed and 63 others injured when a speeding passenger bus crashed off a motorway and overturned in eastern Pakistan, police and government officials said Monday.
The overnight crash happened near the town of Kallar Kahar in Punjab province, a deputy commissioner, Quratulain Malik, said. She added all the dead and injured had been moved to a hospital.
She provided no further details and police said they were still investigating the cause.
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a statement expressed his grief and sorrow over the loss of lives in the crash and ordered authorities to provide the best possible medical treatment to the injured.
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