Tamuka bus crash claims 5

Limpopo has recorded a second road accident with multiple fatalities involving a cross-border bus in under a week.

On Sunday night five people travelling from Johannesburg to Zimbabwe died when a Tamuka Luxury bus overturned along the N1 north towards the Nyl plaza, outside Mokopane. Many passengers sustained injuries of varying degrees.

Ten people travelling from Zimbabwe to Johannesburg were killed when a bus overturned on the N1 in Limpopo, at 3 Miles in Makhado, shortly before midnight last Tuesday.

Limpopo MEC for transport and community safety Violet Mathye called on cross-border public transport operators to ensure their drivers are “fit for purpose”, saying fatigue could have been a cause for Sunday’s accident – Sowetan.