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A bus crashed with a truck in Wadeville on the Eastrand on Wednesday.
The Motor Industry Staff Association (MISA) has expressed concerns about the increased number of fatal bus crashes on the country’s national roads.
Sixteen people died after a bus lost control and overturned on the R21 road in Kempton Park on Gauteng’s Eastrand.
This morning, nineteen learners sustained injuries after a bus they were being transported in crashed into the back of a truck in Wadeville, also on the Eastrand.
VIDEO | A bus accident in KwaZulu-Natal claimed nine lives:
A Road Traffic Management Corporation study suggests there were 323 fatal bus crashes in the past five years in the country.
“This bus crash in Ekhuruleni comes after a bus crash in the Free State that killed 10 people and the bus crash in the Kwa-Zulu-Natal where eight people died. Our roads should not claim lives like this; drivers should always be cautious, and we also urge motorists to be more patient on the roads, especially in stormy weather,” says MISA’s Sonja Carstens.
VIDEO| Investigations are underway into the cause of the R21 bus accident that claimed 12 lives:
