US EditionSchool bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say
Thirteen schoolchildren died after a minibus collided head-on with a truck during the morning school run, highlighting road safety issues and ongoing investigations into driver error.
- On Monday, a truck collided with a school minibus in Gauteng province, killing at least 13 schoolchildren on their way to southwest Johannesburg schools around 7 a.m.
- Witnesses said the minibus was overtaking stationary vehicles when it hit the truck in a head-on collision, and Siviwe Gwarube, South Africa's minister of basic education, said many accidents stem from driver error.
- Gauteng Emergency Services transported five patients to Sebokeng Hospital and two to Kopanong Hospital, while the minibus driver was also injured and taken to hospital, as parents wept at the scene.
- Police said the crash is under investigation and that the truck driver will be questioned, while President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed sadness and pledged psychosocial support for families and schools.
- Calls for tighter oversight of school transport have intensified after the deadly collision, with Ramaphosa urging road-rule compliance and better service providers appointed to transport scholars.
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School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children
A truck and a school minibus were in collision in South Africa's Gauteng province Monday, killing at least 13 children, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital. The private vehicle was transporting students to…
The roads in South Africa are among the most dangerous on the continent. Now at least twelve children were killed in a serious accident. Their minibus had apparently come together with a truck on the way to school. By Stephan Ueberbach [more]]>
13 schoolchildren killed in tragic road crash south of Johannesburg
A tragic road crash south of Johannesburg has claimed the lives of thirteen schoolchildren. Police say a minibus transporting pupils to school collided with a truck near the industrial city of Vanderbijlpark, about sixty kilometers from Johannesburg.
South Africa: MEC Chiloane Devastated After Scholar Transport Incident Claims 13
[SAnews.gov.za] Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has expressed his deep devastation, following a tragic scholar transport accident in Vanderbijlpark on Monday morning, which claimed the lives of 13 learners.
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