巴基斯坦周日分別發生巴士墮橋與船隻翻沉意外,合共造成逾50人死亡。其中西北部有船隻翻沉,造成至少10名兒童死亡,另外於西南部有巴士墜落峽谷並起火,至少40人喪生,初步調查懷疑意外涉及超載或超速。
西南部俾路支省拉斯貝拉地區,一輛巴士在事發地點一個車站,嘗試掉頭但撞上橋柱,隨後墜下橋並起火,造成最少40人死亡,包括婦孺。當局事後將遇難者屍體送往卡拉奇做屍檢和基因鑑定。警方表示,部分屍體燒至難以辨認身份。有官員指,車禍可能涉及超速。
#BREAKING #Emergency #Pakistan#accident
— Kaustuva Ranjan Gupta (@GuptaKaustuva) January 29, 2023
The bus was traveling from #Quetta to #Karachi with 48 people. Driver lost control taking a sharp turn over a bridge over near #Lasbella.
A Karachi-bound passenger bus fell off a bridge and burst into flames, killing 39 people.#پاکستان pic.twitter.com/7BFGzFnDdS
小船載學生遊覽期間翻船
西北部開伯爾普什圖省科哈特地區的坦達湖發生翻船事故,當局指一間宗教學校懷疑違反該湖泊禁止娛樂活動的規定,約50名學生到湖附近野餐,期間分批乘小船遊覽到對岸,小船運送第二批25名學生時翻沉,造成最少10人死亡,年齡介乎7至12歲。大部分學生被救起時已經死亡,有1人是送院後證實死亡。生還者中3人情況危殆,另外仍有多人失蹤。警方初步相信事件涉及超載。
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— Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) January 29, 2023
At least 10 children died after their boat capsized in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s #TandaDam lake on Sunday, according to reports.
The children were mostly aged between 8 to 10 years. #Pakistan #Accident pic.twitter.com/LFDEcwsgRX