Girl, 8, sole survivor as 45 killed after bus plunges down ravine in South Africa

South Africa’s Department of Transport said a bus crash near Mamatlakala in the northern province of Limpopo resulted in at least 45 deaths and one seriously injured person, an eight-year-old girl.Credit:The ministry alleged that the driver lost control and collided with barriers on the bridge, causing the bus to go over the bridge and hit the ground where it caught fire, according to the statement.

The passenger bus was transporting people from Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, to Moria, a town in Limpopo, it added.Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety The BBC reports the passengers were Christian pilgrims travelling to an Easter service in Botswana’s capital Gaborone to an Easter service.

“According to reports, the driver lost control, and the bus fell onto a rocky surface, some 50-metres under the bridge and caught fire,” Limpopo’s Department of Transport said. Rescue operations continued until the late hours of Thursday evening , as some bodies were burned beyond recognition, others trapped inside the debris and scattered on the scene, Limpopo’s Department of Transport said in a separate statement.

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