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At Least 23 Killed in Pakistan Bus Accident

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   Officials say at least 23peoplehave diedand more than 40 others were
   injuredwhen abus overturned insouthwestern Pakistanand fell into a
   ravine.

   The accident happened Friday in the Khuzdar district
   ofBalochistanprovince.

   The Associated Press reports that a passenger said they hadcautioned
   the driver several times to drive more carefully.

   The passengers were pilgrims returning to Dadu in Sindh province, after
   visiting a shrine of a Sufi saint.

   The bus wasovercrowded,with some passengers riding on the roof when it
   overturned, according to Bashir Ahmed, a deputy commissioner in Khuzdar
   district.

   "There is not a single passenger who does not have an injury because of
   the bus accident," Ahmed toldthe Associated Press.

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