A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people lifeless on Monday on a major avenue in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital, transport officers and emergency medical agency talked about.
After the crash, the bus rolled from a bridge on the N1 freeway proper right into a river beneath, talked about ER24, whose paramedics have been on the scene.
“Three people have been found deceased by the roadside and 16 down by the river – all have been declared lifeless on arrival,” ER24 talked about in a press launch. “One affected particular person, of the 69 passengers confirmed transported to hospital for quite a few accidents, has since died,” it talked about.
The Limpopo transport division talked about the crash occurred spherical 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Monday and that the bus was carrying passengers from town of Makhado to areas inside the province’s Vhembe district.
Police divers have been dispatched to substantiate that no person was swept away by the river, the division talked about in a press launch.
ER24 talked about police have been investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash and that heavy rains had fallen inside the house the place it occurred.
A provincial police spokesman did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
Provide: CNN
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