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A head-on collision between a bus and a money truck killed 20 people Monday on a major road in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province, dozens taken to hospital, traffic officials said. and the emergency medical company said.
After the collision, the bus rolled from a bridge on the N1 highway into a river below, said ER24, whose paramedics were on the scene.
“Three people were found dead by the side of the road and 16 in the river – all declared dead on arrival,” ER24 said in a statement. “One patient, out of 69 confirmed passengers taken to the hospital with various injuries, has passed away,” the statement said.
The Limpopo transport department said the accident happened around 5pm (1500 GMT) on Monday and the bus was carrying passengers from the town of Makhado to parts of the province’s Vhembe district.
Police divers were dispatched to verify that no one was swept away by the river, the department said in a statement.
ER24 said police were investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash and that heavy rain had fallen on the crash site.
A spokesman for the provincial police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
