Three dead, 21 injured in bus accident as storms rage in Cape Town

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Three dead, 21 injured in bus accident as storms rage in Cape Town
Three dead, 21 injured in bus accident as storms rage in Cape Town

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Three people died and 21 others were injured after a Golden Arrow bus overturned along Jakes Gerwel Drive in Cape Town.

The accident happened at around 08:45 on Monday.

According to Golden Arrow Bus Services’ HR and corporate affairs executive, John Dammert, the driver lost control of the bus.

Videos and images of the accident, seen by News24, showed the overturned bus on wet roads.

Passengers were seen trapped underneath the bus.

Dammert said the injured were taken to Groote Schuur, Tygerberg and Mitchells Plain hospitals.

While Dammert said the cause of the accident was still being investigated, it comes amid heavy storms in the province.

A severe storm set in over parts of the Western Cape on Sunday evening, which led to widespread flooding and gale-force winds.

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