14 people died in wedding bus accident in Pakistan, bride survived

“There were 25 people on the bus and 14 bodies have been recovered so far, while 10 are still missing,” said Wazir Asad Ali, a rescue officer in Gilgit-Baltistan.

“The bride is out of danger and is receiving treatment at Gilgit hospital,” Ali added.

Naik Alam, the senior police official in the area, told AFP he thought the driver was speeding when he lost control on a bend.

The groom’s family had traveled from Punjab, more than 500 kilometers (300 miles) away, for the wedding and were returning home when the accident happened.

High-fatality traffic accidents are common in Pakistan, where safety measures are lax, driver training is poor, and transportation infrastructure is generally worn out.

In August, 12 people died when their bus crashed into a valley on the Makran Coastal Road in Balochistan.

In another accident that occurred in the same month, 24 people died in a bus that crashed into a valley near the town of Azad Pattan, on the border between Punjab province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.