AT least 27 people have died after a bus overturned on a highway. The vehicle was carrying 47 passengers when it crashed in China’s mountainous Guizhou province. Emergency services rushed to …
The tragedy happened in the Pongola area - around 300 kilometres north of Durban - on Friday afternoon.
Horrifying dashcam footage showed the moment the lorry overtook another truck on the two-lane highway before ploughing into the minibus full of schoolkids. According to local media reports, the minibus tried to swerve out of the way of the oncoming lorry before it was crushed by the vehicle. Authorities said 19 children - aged between five and 12 - died in the crash, along with three adults.
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