20 dead and 68 injured in head-on crash between bus and CIT van on N1

LIMPOPO – A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people dead on the N1 in northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital. After the crash, the bus rolled from a bridge on the N1 freeway into a river below. “Three people were found deceased by the roadside and 16 down by the river. All were declared dead on arrival, one patient of the 69 passengers confirmed transported to hospital for various injuries, has since died.

The Limpopo transport department said the crash happened around 5 p.m. on Monday and that the bus was carrying passengers from the town of Makhado to areas in the province’s Vhembe district. Police divers have been dispatched to verify that no one was swept away by the river, the department said in a statement. The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash and that heavy rains had fallen in the area where it happened.