At least eleven people have lost their lives this Friday after a van plunged into a river in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, in the north of Pakistan. This has been confirmed by emergency services, who do not rule out that the death toll could rise in the coming hours.
The vehicle, intended for the transport of passengers, was making the journey between Gilgit and Hundur when, for reasons that are still unknown, it fell into the riverbed. So far, eleven lifeless bodies have been recovered, while the search and rescue teams continue working in the area.
At the same time, several injured people have been evacuated to a hospital in the town of Gahkuch, as the Pakistani television network Geo TV has reported. This incident occurs only a few days after another serious accident in the same region, in which the collision between a bus and a truck caused at least eight deaths and 30 injuries.