At least 5 killed, over two dozen injured in bus plunges into drain in Punjab's Hafizabad
LAHORE: At least five people were killed and 27 others injured when a passenger bus plunged into a drain in Punjab’s Hafizabad district on Thursday, according to Rescue 1122. Rescue services said the mishap occurred in the Fatehki area of Pindi Bhattian tehsil. The bus was reportedly on its way from Raiwind to Chiniot. According to rescue officials, overspeeding caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. Soon after the accident, teams from Rescue 1122 reached the site and launched rescue operations. The injured were provided with first aid at the scene while 20 of them were also taken…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Hafizabad bus-drain crash with matching casualty figures (five killed, 27-plus injured), so it is the same event and does not conflict.
2h agoAlso reported by geo.tv (found in GDELT's list of news articles)
2h ago[Claude, second read] Agrees: HIGH, a new event. same bus crash, at least 5 dead and 27 injured; duplicate of report 2.
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