A wedding, the most beautiful day in a couple’s life, has become a huge tragedy for the families of the couple in Pakistan. There, a bus with 25 passengers returning from a wedding fell into a river on Tuesday night in Gilgit-Baltistan in the north of the country, according to AFP.
“There were 25 people on the bus, so far 14 bodies have been recovered and 10 people are missing,” said the rescuer. Wazir Asad Ali who added that the girlfriend was the only survivor. “The girlfriend is out of danger and was taken to a hospital” in the province, he added.
Climb Naturea senior police official in the mountainous region, confirmed the incident and noted that it was “possibly due to excessive speed.” “The driver lost control of his vehicle on a curve,” Alam said.
Road mortality is high in Pakistan, especially in mountainous regions, due to poor road conditions, weak regulations and dangerous driving.