IN PICS | ‘Screaming then darkness and dead silence’: KZN crash survivor
Road traffic authorities are trying to bolster road safety as the country builds up to a busy Easter holiday period
13 March 2025 - 18:46
“People were screaming and then the bus plunged down the embankment and everything was a thick mist belt. I don’t even know how to explain it. Everything became dark and there was no longer commotion or screaming, just total darkness and dead silence.”..
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