11 killed as passenger van plunges into river in northern Pakistan
Verified: 7 outlets in 4 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 3 of them from Pakistan. 11 killed, according to 5 outlets.
Baku, November 13, AZERTACAt least 11 people, including an infant, were killed and two others injured when a passenger van plunged into a river in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan region on Thursday, Xinhua reported.The van was travelling from Gilgit to Ghizer district on Thursday evening when its driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to plunge into the river, local police told the media.Rescue teams retrieved the bodies of 11 passengers, including two women and an infant, while two injured passengers were rescued and shifted to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, police…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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- Killed · 2 figures, newest first
- 115 outlets: abcnews.com, azertag.az +3· latest Nov 13, 1:36 PM UTC11 killed as passenger van plunges into river in northern Pakistan ↗
- 91 outlet: nation.com.pk· latest Nov 13, 1:20 AM UTCNine killed, three injured as van plunges into river ↗
- Injured · 2 figures, newest first
- 31 outlet: nation.com.pk· latest Nov 13, 1:20 AM UTCNine killed, three injured as van plunges into river ↗
- 21 outlet: dawn.com· latest Nov 12, 7:43 PM UTC11 killed, 2 injured as passenger van plunges into river in GB's Ghizer: police ↗
3 outlets from Pakistan, where the story is: Dawn, Geo News, The Nation · how we count
- Nov 12, 7:22 PM UTCFirst report11 killed, 2 injured as passenger van plunges into river in GB's Ghizerdawn.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:43 PM UTC+20 min11 killed, 2 injured as passenger van plunges into river in GB's Ghizer: policedawn.com (again) ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 11:07 PM UTC · +4 h
- Nov 13, 1:20 AM UTC+6 hNine killed, three injured as van plunges into rivernation.com.pk ↗
- Nov 13, 1:28 AM UTC+6 hEleven killed as passenger van plunges into River Yasin in Ghizergeo.tv ↗
- Nov 13, 6:11 AM UTC+11 hPassenger van plunges into river in northern Pakistan, killing 11 peoplethehindu.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:47 AM UTC+13 hPassenger van plunges into river in northern Pakistan, killing 11 peopleabcnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 1:36 PM UTC+18 h· you’re reading this11 killed as passenger van plunges into river in northern Pakistanazertag.az ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2 and 3 cover the same Ghizer van plunge with matching figures, while Report 4 describes the same crash but gives nine dead rather than eleven, a figure that cannot match Report 1's count of e
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