Bus Carrying Wedding Guests Falls Into River in Northern Pakistan, Killing 18

Bus Carrying Wedding Guests Falls Into River in Northern Pakistan, Killing 18
Mourners carry a deceased's body who died in a wedding bus accident in Gilgit, Pakistan, on Nov. 13, 2024. (Gilgit Baltistan Emergency Service (Rescue 1122)/AFP via Getty Images
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MANSEHRA, Pakistan—A bus carrying about two dozen wedding guests fell into the Indus River in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 18 people, officials said.

It happened in the Gilgit Baltistan region as the bus was heading to Chakwal, a city in Punjab province, government spokesman Faizullah Faraq said.