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Many die in Pakistan bus crash

The bus skidded off a slippery road near Danisar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

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People carry the body of a passenger, who died in a bus accident, outside a hospital in Zhob district of Balochistan province on July 3, 2022.
People carry the body of a passenger, who died in a bus accident, outside a hospital in Zhob district of Balochistan province on July 3, 2022.
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Quetta, Pakistan: At least 19 people died and 14 were injured when a bus plunged into a ravine near a small town in Pakistan's west, an official said on Sunday.

The bus skidded off a slippery road near Danisar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as it was en route to Quetta from Rawalpindi, local official Ejaz Jaffer told AFP.

At least 22 people died when a minibus plunged into a ravine in Balochistan last month.

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