The Division of Transport has launched an investigation into the corporate that owns the bus concerned in a crash which claimed 21 lives outdoors Louis Trichardt in Limpopo on Monday.
Deputy Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga visited a few of the survivors at Elim Hospital, over 60 survivors have been taken to varied hospitals after sustaining extreme accidents.
The survivors of the crash instructed Chikunga that the bus driver was allegedly reprimanded by passengers for reckless driving earlier than the accident occurred. They instructed Chikunga that the bus was overloaded, with some passengers standing.
The survivors additionally say the motive force was overtaking in a harmful zone when the head-on collision with a cash-in-transit car occurred.
The survivors additionally say the bus veered off the street earlier than overturning a number of occasions within the valley.
Bus crash in Limpopo kills 21 individuals
Chikunga says the testimonies from the survivors counsel that the bus might need additionally not been roadworthy.
“What they’re saying is indicating that the bus won’t be roadworthy, however we’re undoubtedly gonna do an investigation to get what transpired, however undoubtedly that’s what the investigation is about they appear to be saying the bus driver was overtaking,” says Chikunga.
In the meantime, Limpopo Social Improvement Spokesperson Joshua Kwapa says they’ve despatched a workforce of social employees to help affected households.
Kwapa says, “We dispatched social employees to supply psychosocial assist. We’re offering these injured, who’re on the hospital along with the physiologist, we’re offering counselling to these households.”
The drivers of each automobiles are among the many survivors being handled in hospital.
The households of the deceased have referred to as on the federal government to help with funeral preparations.
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