3 killed, 17 injured as bus plunges into lake in Pakistan's Punjab
STORY: 3 killed, 17 injured as bus plunges into lake in Pakistan's Punjab
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024
DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:39
LOCATION: Islamabad
CATEGORY: OTHERS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of scenes of accident
STORYLINE:
Three people were killed, and 17 others injured on Tuesday when a bus plunged into a lake in Bahawalpur district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue service reported.
The dead included two males and a female, according to the rescue service.
The rescue service said that the accident took place early morning in Nowshera Jadeed area of the district when a passenger bus overturned while taking a U-turn and fell into a dry lake, resulting in the death of three passengers on the spot.
Upon receiving the information, rescue workers reached the site and shifted the victims to a local hospital, it added.
The bus was reportedly traveling from the federal capital Islamabad to the southern port city of Karachi.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad.
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