Seven killed, 17 injured as bus carrying wedding guests plunges into ravine

A speeding bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a ravine in Queta on Thursday, killing at least seven people.

The cause of the accident near Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province, was not immediately known. An investigation was underway.

According to Wasim Baig, a spokesman for the health department, the bodies of the victims and 17 people who were injured in the accident were brought to a local hospital.

Some of the injured were said to be in critical condition.

In August, 32 people were killed in two bus accidents, one in Balochistan and the other in eastern Punjab province.