Bus crash kills five in deadly week on S.African roads
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Johannesburg: A bus travelling from Zimbabwe lost control and overturned in northeastern South Africa, killing five, officials said Sunday, in a week...
Johannesburg: A bus travelling from Zimbabwe lost control and overturned in northeastern South Africa, killing five, officials said Sunday, in a week in which dozens have died on the country's roads.
Four men and one woman died after the bus overturned in northeastern Limpopo province on Sunday evening, the province's transport ministry said.
The ministry said in a statement that it was "saddened with a second fatal bus accident, that happened in less than five days", adding that "fatigue could possibly have been a cause" for the crash.
"Scores of passengers have sustained injuries of varying degrees, in the process, and have been taken to hospitals," the ministry said, offering condolences to the deceased's families.
Earlier this week another bus travelling from Zimbabwe lost control and overturned in Limpopo, killing 10 people and injuring 35.
