Ten people were killed and 30 others suffered critical to moderate injuries in a collision between a truck and a bus on the N8 between Bloemfontein and Botshabelo on Saturday.
Free State EMS spokesperson Sipho Towa said the injured were taken to local hospitals.
“Law enforcement officers, including the Police Accident Investigation Unit, are currently on scene. We were activated at approximately 6.35am to the accident on the N8 involving a bus rear-ending a truck.
“There were 40 passengers and the bus driver and 10 were unfortunately pronounced dead at the scene. They were seven men and three women. There are six seriously injured people in hospital and 24 others with minor to moderate injuries.”
He said the bus passengers were mainly from Botshabelo and were on their way to work in Bloemfontein when the accident occurred.
Towa said a light motor vehicle was also involved but no injuries were reported.
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