Africa-Press – South-Africa. As many as 16 of the 22 people who died in a bus crash in Limpopo over the weekend have not yet been identified.
The bus was transporting mineworkers when it collided head on with a truck on the D2692 Venetia Road between Musina and De Beers mine in the Vhembe area on Sunday.
Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene said the “process of identification and informing next of kin is still under way”, and that only six bodies were identified.
More information will be made available once the process is completed.
News24 previously reported that Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga confirmed that in addition to the 22 deaths, four people were hospitalised.
Chuene said the cause of the accident was still under investigation.
A video circulating on social media, purported to be from the accident scene, shows the bus on fire and several bodies on the grass alongside the road.
A burning tyre is among the bodies, several metres away from the bus.
News24 understands many of the bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
In a statement on social media, Murray and Roberts said it was “devastated” by the accident that involved its employees.
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