Coverage dated January 28, 2023

Bus crash kills 39 people in Pakistan

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

by Asim Khan, CNN At least 39 people were killed when a bus careered into a ditch and caught fire in the southern Pakistan city of Bela on Sunday. The coach had been traveling the Quetta to Karachi route when it hit a bridge pillar at high speed at 4 a.m., the Bela Assistant Commissioner

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  1. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Bus crash kills 39 people in Pakistan (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    by Asim Khan, CNN At least 39 people were killed when a bus careered into a ditch and caught fire in the southern Pakistan city of Bela on Sunday. The coach had been traveling the Quetta to Karachi route when it hit a bridge pillar at high speed at 4 a.m., the Bela Assistant Commissioner

  2. NBC 6 South Florida

    40 Dead in Pakistan After Passenger Bus Falls Into Ravine, Catches Fire (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    A passenger bus fell into a ravine and caught fire killing 40 people in southern Pakistan on Sunday, a government official said.

  3. MyNorthwest

    Passenger bus in Pakistan crashes, catches fire killing 40 (opens MyNorthwest)

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    QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A passenger bus crashed into a pillar and fell off a bridge, catching fire and killing 40 people in southern Pakistan on Sunday,

  4. The Guardian

    Dozens die including children in Pakistan bus and boat crashes (opens The Guardian)

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    Multiple fatalities after bus plunges into ravine in Balochistan province, and boating accident in north-west

  5. NBC News

    Bus crash kills at least 41 in southern Pakistan (opens NBC News)

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    The bus had been carrying around 48 people to the southern city of Karachi when it crashed into a bridge and fell into a ravine

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Pakistan: Dozens killed in Balochistan bus crash – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    The bodies of passengers who died in the crash "are beyond recognition," a senior official said. Thousands of people each year die in road accidents in Pakistan due to lax safety rules and poor road quality.

  7. Los Angeles Times

    Passenger bus in Pakistan crashes and falls off bridge, killing 40 (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A bus carrying 44 passengers crashes into a pillar and falls off a bridge, catching fire and killing 40 people in southern Pakistan on Sunday.

  8. France 24

    At least 40 killed in bus crash in southwestern Pakistan (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    At least 40 people died when a bus plunged off a bridge in southwestern Pakistan and burst into flames, a government official said on Sunday.

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