At least 60 injured as bus plunges off cliff in Long Tom Pass

08 December 2023 - 19:06 By TimesLIVE
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Sixty people sustained injuries when their bus careened off Long Tom Pass and went down the cliff on Friday afternoon. Stock photo.
Sixty people sustained injuries when their bus careened off Long Tom Pass and went down the cliff on Friday afternoon. Stock photo.
Image: 123rf.com/Jaromír Chalabala

At least 60 passengers were injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged off a cliff in Long Tom Pass in Mpumalanga on Friday afternoon. 

Medics said the bus had apparently veered off the road.

Long Tom Pass is a mountain pass on the R37 between Lydenburg and Sabie.

Emer-G-Med paramedics and Netcare were on the scene and established an on-scene triage area. 

No fatalities had been recorded at 5,30pm.

TimesLIVE


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