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Gavin Blackburn

Overcrowded bus plunges into ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 40 passengers

A speeding, overcrowded passenger bus plunged from a highway into a rocky ravine in southwestern Pakistan early on Friday, killing 40 people and injuring eight others in one of the deadliest road accidents in recent years, officials said.

The bus went out of control and fell into the ravine in Dana Sar, a remote area near the border of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, Shahid Rind, a spokesperson for the Balochistan government, said.

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