The Ministry of Transport of South Africa announced today that at least 45 people were killed and one person was seriously injured in a bus accident near Mamatlakala in the northern province of Limpopo, Reuters reports.
The ministry stated that the driver lost control and collided with the barriers on the bridge, causing the bus to cross 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, the statement added.
Rescue operations continued late this evening as some bodies were burned beyond recognition and others were trapped within the rubble and strewn at the scene, the Limpopo Ministry of Transport said in a separate statement.
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