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Pakistan bus crash kills 30 children

2011-09-27 1 Dailymotion

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> At least 30 children died after a bus overturned on a motorway in the Punjab province in Pakistan.<br/> The vehicle, carrying over 100 children, had been travelling back from Kalar Khar, when the accident happened.<br/> Local media reported three teachers, the school's principal and the bus driver were also killed.<br/> Distraught parents waited anxiously for news of their children.<br/> (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) UNIDENTIFIED RELATIVE OF INJURED CHILD, SAYING:<br/> "Please pray for us. Pray that everybody's loved ones (on the bus) survive; that no light goes out in any house. At this time we need your prayers."<br/> 45 students, mainly between the ages of 12 and 13, had minor injuries, up to 30 sustained serious injuries.<br/> One student told reporters the principal had asked the driver to slow down when he realised the brakes had failed.<br/> The driver asked students to pray just before the accident happened as he made a sharp turn.<br/> A local official said the bus which had 110 people onboard was only certified to carry 70.<br/> Marie-Claire Fennessy, Reuters

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