South Africa: Ourhealth - Patients Injured in Hospital Bus Accident

15 October 2012

Lusikisiki — About 40 patients were injured when the bus transporting them to the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha crashed last month and according to witness reports, rolled three times.

A patient who was involved in the accident, told OurHealth that the hospital bus (a 35-seater Iveco bus) was carrying approximately 40 patients, including children. The bus was travelling along the R61 between Ntlaza and Mthatha in the early hours of September 25 when the driver swerved to avoid two cows in the road and lost control of the vehicle. The bus apparently rolled three times.

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