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Bus crash kills 25 in South Africa: minister

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AFP Johannesburg
Last Updated : Mar 02 2020 | 8:50 PM IST

Twenty-five people died on Monday when a bus rolled down a steep embankment in South Africa's coastal Eastern Cape province, the country's transport minister said.

"Reports indicate that the driver lost control of the bus, which subsequently rolled down a steep embankment, leaving 25 dead and approximately 62 injured," Fikile Mbalula said in a statement.

"To lose so many lives in a single accident is devastating and shocking."

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First Published: Mar 02 2020 | 8:50 PM IST

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