PAKISTAN- Death toll in Peshawar bus crash rose to 19 as three more bodies were recovered from Budni canal on Saturday.
The bus carrying a wedding party veered off a narrow road and plunged into the canal on Friday.
Shocking Video bus drowning in the canal
Police officer Asif Sharif said Saturday 11 people were still missing since Friday s accident, near the city of Peshawar.
The dead included nine women and five children.
All the victims were relatives of the bride, and were on way to the nearby city of Mardan when the bus ran off a road made slippery from rain, police said.
Pakistan has one of the world s worst records for traffic accidents. Roads and vehicles in the country are poorly maintained, and there is little respect for traffic rules.
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