Eleven people were killed after a passenger van plunged into the Yasin River in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region on Thursday night, according to separate reports from The Associated Press and Dawn. The van was traveling from Gilgit toward Yasin Valley in Ghizer district, a mountainous area in northern Pakistan.

The death toll rose as rescuers recovered people from the river. Reports agree on 11 deaths but differ on the number of injured people and do not establish a settled cause for the crash.

What is known about the Yasin River crash

Dawn reported that the van went into the river near Morkah Bridge as it traveled from Gilgit toward Yasin Valley. The Associated Press described the vehicle as leaving a mountainous road in Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday night. Local police official Mohammad Afzal told AP that the driver lost control; Dawn said police had opened an investigation to determine the cause.

The published injury counts are inconsistent. AP reported three injured people, while Dawn’s latest account cited police as saying two were injured. Because the reports conflict, this article does not present one number as settled.

Rescue operation and reported toll

AP reported that the search operation continued into early Friday and that the 11 people who died and those injured had been taken to a nearby hospital. Dawn said police first reported recovering 10 bodies before updating the toll to 11. The published reports did not identify the victims by name.

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Sources: The Associated Press report; Dawn reporting by Jamil Nagri.