Bus carrying Easter worshippers plunges off bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people

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The five people who died at the scene were in the same car, authorities said.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.

The Limpopo provincial government said the bus veered off the Mmamatlakala bridge and plunged 50 meters into a ravine before busting into flames. Authorities said they believe the bus was traveling from the neighboring country of Botswana to the town of Moria, which hosts a popular Easter pilgrimage. They said it appeared that the driver lost control and was one of the dead.

 

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