Seven farmworkers lost their lives after their bus overturned in Mpumalanga.
Johannesburg - Seven farmworkers lost their lives after their bus overturned in Mpumalanga on Sunday.Spokesperson for the Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison’s Mmusi Moeti said circumstances that led to the bus overturning were not yet known and would form part of the investigation into the accident.
"Seven of them died at the scene and 39 of them were injured and are receiving treatment at Matibidi and Kiaat hospitals. All those who died are men. The driver of the bus was slightly injured," he said. In another incident, a 3-year-old girl was killed when she and her father were knocked down by a vehicle in the Free State.
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