Pakistan bus crash kills 23

A bus crammed with nearly 100 wedding guests in Pakistan meets a tragic fate.

Twenty-three people were killed and dozens more injured when the vehicle plunged into a ravine in a village outside of Islamabad.

Rescue workers had to cut through the mangled metal to remove bodies and the injured.

Many were rushed to local hospitals for care.

The driver, who was among the injured, said he lost control of the vehicle on a sharp bend.

(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) BUS DRIVER, YOUSUF, SAYING:

"It was a single road. First the brakes failed, and then the load came down on gear which slipped eventually"

The bride and groom were travelling in a separate vehicle accompanying the ill-fated bus.

Sarah Sheffer, Reuters