Scores dead after bus carrying pilgrims overturns in southwest Pakistan

At least 19 people were killed and 50 others injured after a speeding bus, with pilgrims returning from southern province of Sindh, overturned in Khuzdar, a district in Balochistan province. A speeding bus carrying pilgrims has overturned on a highway and fell into a ravine in a remote area in southwestern Pakistan before dawn, killing at least 20 people and injuring 50 others, police and officials said. The accident happened on Friday in Khuzdar, a district in Baluchistan province, local police official Hafeez Ullah Mengal said. Rescuers transported the dead and injured to military and government hospitals, he added. Imam Bakhsh, one of the injured passengers, told The Associated Press by phone that passengers had repeatedly warned the driver to be more careful. He blamed the driver for the accident, saying he was enjoying music and driving recklessly. Imran Ahmad, an official with the Levies security force said driver negligence apparently caused the accident, but that officers were still investigating.