Road accident kills 25 passengers in Pakistan
BY YOUSUF AWANBY YOUSUF AWAN, Associated Press?
?Family members of a victim of a bus accident cry at a local hospital in Kahuta, near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, June 4, 2012. The bus carrying a wedding party into a ditch in Kahuta, killing 20 people, a government health official said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Family members of a victim of a bus accident cry at a local hospital in Kahuta, near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, June 4, 2012. The bus carrying a wedding party into a ditch in Kahuta, killing 20 people, a government health official said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Pakistani army soldiers examine the wreckage of a passenger bus which crashed in Kahuta, near Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, June 4, 2012. The bus carrying a wedding party into a ditch, killing 20 people, a government health official said. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
Pakistani youths, who were injured in a bus accident, are comforted by a relative, while laying in a bed in Benazir Bhutto hospital, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, June 4, 2012. At least 25 members of a wedding party died early Monday when their bus fell into a deep ravine, in the Pakistani town of Kahuta near Rawalpindi, police said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Pakistani boy Aqeel Arshae, 8, who was severely injured in the head in a bus accident, lies in a bed in Benazir Bhutto hospital, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, June 4, 2012. At least 25 members of a wedding party died early Monday when their bus fell into a deep ravine, in the Pakistani town of Kahuta near Rawalpindi, police said. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
KAHUTA, Pakistan (AP) ? Pakistani officials say a bus carrying a wedding party plunged into a ditch in the country's north, killing 25 people.
Local official Mohammad Zia said the bus was carrying about 100 people back from a wedding ceremony in Kahuta, which is about 70 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of the capital of Islamabad, late Sunday night.
The official said dozens more on the bus were also injured and taken to the hospital in Kahuta.
A news release from the president's office put the death toll at 25.
Pakistan has one of the world's worst records for deadly traffic accidents. Roads and vehicles are poorly maintained, and there is little respect for traffic rules.
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