At least 20 mine workers killed after bus collides with lorry in South Africa
- At least 20 lives were tragically lost in a bus crash in Limpopo province, South Africa while the bus was transporting staff from the Venetia Diamond Mine. The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
- The Venetia Diamond Mine, the largest diamond mine in South Africa, accounting for over 40% of the country's diamond production, employs more than 4,300 people. The mine is owned by De Beers, a diamond giant.
- South Africa has a high rate of road fatalities, with over 12,000 deaths recorded between January and December of last year. The state of the roads and the vehicles traveling on them have been subject to criticism by authorities.
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At least 20 killed in South Africa as bus erupts in flames after head-on collision - Boston News, Weather, Sports
(CNN) — At least 20 people – mostly mine workers – were killed in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in erupted in flames following a head-on collision with a truck, state media reported. The Limpopo transport department said on Monday 20 people were confirmed dead on the scene while two others died at the hospital. It is not immediately known how many people were on the bus and if there were any survivors.…
A truck-bus collision in northern South Africa leaves 20 dead, most of them miners going to work
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A head-on collision between a truck and a bus ferrying workers to a mine in South Africa's northern Limpopo province left 20 people dead, authorities said Monday.
20 dead in South Africa after bus carrying miners collides into truck
A head-on collision between a truck and a bus ferrying workers to a mine in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province left 20 people dead, authorities said Monday. Construction company Murray & Roberts Cementation said 17 of its workers, who were being transported to the Venetia mine in Musina close to the Zimbabwe border, died in the accident on Sunday. Four other workers were injured. The company said it was offering support to the families of …
At least 20 killed in South Africa as bus erupts in flames after head-on collision
At least 20 people - mostly mine workers - were killed in South Africa’s Limpopo province on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in erupted in flames following a head-on collision with a truck, state media reported.
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