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In a tragic development, five passengers lost their lives, and several others sustained injuries when a Zimbabwe-bound Tamuka Luxury bus overturned in South Africa’s Mokopane town, Limpopo Province, on Sunday evening.
The accident occurred on the N1 north towards the Nyl Plaza outside Mokopane at approximately 5:30 PM. According to News24, the bus was en route from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe when it lost control and overturned. Among the deceased were four men and one woman. The injured passengers were rushed to nearby hospitals in Mokopane for urgent medical attention.
This devastating incident comes just days after another tragic bus accident involving a Mzansi Express bus, which was traveling from Zimbabwe to South Africa. Ten Zimbabwean nationals perished, and thirty others were injured when the bus overturned near Makhado town in Limpopo Province.
The accident, which occurred late Tuesday night on the N1 highway, saw the bus lose control after driving over a roundabout at high speed, resulting in the fatal overturn.
The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety released a statement detailing the circumstances of the Mzansi Express bus accident.
“The bus drove over a roundabout at high speed, lost control, and overturned, killing and injuring its passengers in the process,” the department’s statement read.
Tragically, all the deceased in this incident were Zimbabwean nationals. (iharare.com)
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