South Africa: Minister Dipuo Peter On N1 Touwsriver Carnage

press release

Minister Dipuo Peter calls on all road users, particularly public transport operators to make road safety their priority given the spate of weekend road crashes and fatalities that continues unabated involving public transport vehicles. The Minister's call follows a bus carnage that took place in the early hours of Sunday, 16th October 2016.

The carnage took place on the N1, Touwsriver in the Western Cape. A Bus operated by DMJ Transport got involved in a single vehicle overturned type crash that resulted in thirteen (13) fatalities at this point, with forty-three (43) injured persons taken to hospital. The investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.

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