Free State R712 crash leaves 10 dead‚ 32 injured
19 August 2016 - 17:05
A bus overturned on the R712 between Golden Gate and Kwa-Kwa on Friday‚ killing ten people‚ according to Netcare 911 paramedics. The accident happened at about 11.50am"Paramedics arrived at the scene and found that a bus with 42 people had rolled. After triaging the injured‚ it was found that nine people had tragically died at the scene while the others sustained injuries ranging from critical to serious‚" Netcare spokesman Chris Botha said. The injured were treated at the scene by various services before they were transported to hospital."Tragically another person died soon after arriving at the hospital‚ bringing the death toll to ten."..
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