By: Admin
There are fears 10 Zimbabwean nationals perished after a bus travelling from Harare to Johannesburg crashed into a traffic circle before overturning near Makhado in South Africa.
According to media reports, 30 other people were injured when a bus was involved in the accident, which occurred just before midnight Tuesday.
According to a statement by the South Africa’s Department of Transport and Community Safety in Limpopo, the accident took place 3 Miles, along the N1 highway around Makhado, Limpopo province.
“The bus was en-route to Johannesburg from Zimbabwe, when the accident happened just before midnight, on the evening of Tuesday, 27 August 2024.
“All the deceased, five males and five females, are reportedly foreign nationals,” the department’s acting MEC spokesperson Phuti Lekganyane was quoted saying.
The bus driver, who was new on the route, reportedly “drove over a round-about (the last traffic circle from Makhado towards Polokwane) at high speed, lost control and overturned, killing and injuring its passengers in the process.”
Limpopo MEC Transport and Community Safety, Violet Mathye has sent messages of condolences to the families of the deceased.
She also “urged motorists to be alert of their surroundings and drive with caution, at all times.”
Efforts to get verification of the identities of the deceased were fruitless by the time of going to the press.
(New Zimbabwe)