27 killed 70 injured

27 killed 70 injured
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More than 27 people were killed and 70 others injured after a speeding passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said on Thursday.

The bus carrying more than 100 people was going from Kohat to Raiwind when the accident took place in Kallar Kahar town Wednesday night.

“The passengers were going to Raiwind to attend an annual religious congregation,” Muhammad Afzal, the Station House Officer of Saddar Police Station.

Thirteen of the injured were rushed to Rawalpindi because of their serious condition whereas many injured were shifted to nearby hospitals, the Dawn News reported.

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