(11 Mar 2025)
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Ekurhuleni, South Africa – 11 March 2025
1. Wide of police helicopter taking off from scene of bus crash
2. Close of overturned bus
3. Local municipality authorities at scene
4. Close of forensic officials moving body to van
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, Ekurhuleni Mayor: ++STARTS ON SHOT 4 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 5 AND 6++
"Some members of the communities are actually here, they are inquiring about their loved ones and ours is to ensure that we offer them, you know, the necessary support and that when they are in pain, when they are worried, there must be a coordinated system that is working and the leadership is actually here to ensure that."
6. Traffic officers searching belongings of passengers
7. Wide of bus being flipped back upright
8. Traffic police inspecting interior of bus
STORYLINE:
A bus lost control and flipped on a highway early Tuesday near Johannesburg’s international airport, killing 16 as some were thrown from the vehicle, the transport ministry said.
Ministry spokesman Collen Msibi said 12 people died at the scene and four at a hospital.
Msibi said reports indicated that 11 passengers were critically injured and 24 had moderate to serious injuries.
Two bodies were trapped in the wreckage, William Ntladi, an emergency management spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni municipality said.
Handbags, a lunch box and a water bottle were scattered among the debris.
The crash occurred near Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport.
No other vehicle was involved, and officials weren’t yet able to determine the cause.
The bus had been transporting people from the township of Katlehong, east of Johannesburg, and was a short distance from exiting the highway, officials said.
South African Transport Minister Barbra Creecy said she was “extremely concerned” since this was the third serious bus accident in the past week.
She has instructed the Road Traffic Management Corporation to meet with all bus operators in the coming week to discuss ways to improve passenger safety.
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