Bus crash kills 20 in southwest Pakistan – official

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A passenger bus plunged right into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday killing 20 folks, a authorities official mentioned.

The street crash additionally injured one other 13 folks aboard the bus that was travelling from garrison metropolis of Rawalpindi to Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province, mentioned Ijaz Jaffar, deputy commissioner of Sherani district.

The ravine is a few 350 kilometres north of Quetta.

Poor street infrastructure and rash driving usually trigger lethal street crashes in Pakistan.

The province is dwelling to a number of Chinese language initiatives below an funding plan by which Beijing is searching for street and sea commerce linkages with the world.

(Reporting by Gul Yousafzai; Writing by Asif Shahzad; Modifying by Toby Chopra)