Eight Women Drowned

At least eight women and children drowned Wednesday in a sewage ravine after they were thrown from a speeding truck in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said.

Eight women belonging to a family, including three below the age of 14, drowned after their bullock cart fell into a river canal in the pilgrimage town of Savadatti in north Karnataka, police said. Three other women were rescued and rushed to hospital, while the cart rider swam ashore safely and helped in the rescue mission, police said.

At least eight women and children drowned Wednesday in a sewage ravine after they were thrown from a speeding truck in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said.

Eight women belonging to a family, including three below the age of 14, drowned after their bullock cart fell into a river canal in the pilgrimage town of Savadatti in north Karnataka, police said. Three other women were rescued and rushed to hospital, while the cart rider swam ashore safely and helped in the rescue mission, police said.