Over 20 people pass away as bus plunges into river in Pakistan

Twenty-one people got killed and four injured when a passenger bus fell into the Indus River in Pakistan.

Dawn reported, citing RIA Novosti.

The bus traveled from Rawalpindi to the mountainous Pakistani city of Skardu.

According to Gilgit-Baltistan provincial government spokesman Faizullah Farak, two children were among the dead. He also said nine bodies got recovered from the river.

Two of the victims were taken by Pakistani army helicopters to the hospital.

The incident is under investigation.