Islamabad, Pakistan

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At least 14 people have been killed and 10 others are missing after a bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a river in Pakistan on Wednesday (Nov 13). 

The bus was carrying 25 people and so far 14 dead bodies have been found. 

"There were 25 people on the bus and so far 14 dead bodies have been recovered while 10 are still missing," a rescue official in Gilgit-Baltistan was reported saying by news agency AFP

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The bride has been reported as the only survivor so far.

"The bride is out of danger and she is being treated in a Gilgit hospital," the official added.

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Naik Alam, a senior police official from the area, told AFP the driver appeared to have been speeding when he lost control at a curve. 

The groom's family had travelled from the Pakistani province of Punjab, more than 500 kilometres (300 miles) away, for the wedding and were returning home when the accident happened.

According to rescuers, the identities of all those on the bus have been established. The bodies have been pulled from the river. The search for others continues.

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Road accidents with high fatalities are common in Pakistan, where safety measures are lax, driver training is poor, and transport infrastructure is often decrepit. 

In August, 12 men died when their bus crashed into a ravine on Balochistan's Makran Coastal Highway. 

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In another accident that month, 24 people on board a bus were killed when it plunged into a ravine near the town of Azad Pattan on the border between Punjab province and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). 

(With inputs from agencies)