20 killed as passenger van falls into water ditch in south Pakistan

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20 killed as passenger van falls into water ditch in south Pakistan

STORY: 20 killed as passenger van falls into water ditch in south Pakistan DATELINE: Nov. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue effort at the water ditch 2. various of injured people being sent to the hospital and given emergency treatment STORYLINE: Twenty people were killed and 13 others injured when a passenger van fell into a water ditch in Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Thursday night, local reports said on Friday. The accident happened in the Sehwan area of the province when the van fell into the ditch adjacent to a main highway. Authorities created several ditches, including the one where the van fell, in the area two months ago to drain flood water. The highway remained closed during peak flood times and recently opened to the traffic after the flood water started receding from the area. However, the police said the part of the highway where the accident happened was restricted and there was a diversion at the road, but the driver

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