An employee of the company that owns the bus that was involved in a horrific crash that claimed the lives of 21 people in Limpopo on Monday said passengers were trying to escape the wreckage by climbing out of the windows of the bus while it lay by the river side.
A bus from Mabirimisa Bus Services collided with a cash-in-transit truck on the N1-29 Mashovhela, towards Musina in the Vhembe District, around 5pm. Snine passengers are reported to have sustained serious injuries, 16 had moderate injuries, while 35 had minor injuries. The drivers of both vehicles sustained moderate injuries.
Speaking to Sowetan on Wednesday, general manager of Mabirimisa Bus Services, Robert Mabirimisa, said he received a call shortly before 6pm from a tow-truck company informing him of the incident. “I was driving from Polokwane to Makhado when I got the call. I then called an employee to go to the scene of the accident and check what had happened,” said Mabirimisa.
The employee, who spoke to Sowetan on condition of anonymity, said she arrived at the scene just after 6pm. “The passengers were screaming and shouting as they tried to climb out of the bus through the shattered windows. The paramedics and police had not yet arrived at the scene when the commuters were trying to escape. The other vehicle was standing on the side of the road.”
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