Bus Carrying Pilgrims Crashes in Southwest Pakistan, Killing 17 People and Injuring 16

Bus Carrying Pilgrims Crashes in Southwest Pakistan, Killing 17 People and Injuring 16
Volunteers gather beside the bodies of the victims of a bus crash, at a morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 11, 2024. M. Farooq/AP Photo
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QUETTA, Pakistan—A bus carrying pilgrims crashed into a deep ditch in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16 others, officials said Thursday.

They were traveling to a revered religious site in Baluchistan late Wednesday, the first day of Eid Al-Fitr celebrations and a public holiday in Pakistan, said a spokesperson for the provincial government, Shahid Rind.