Friday, July 10, 2009

Bodies of accident victims identified

By Ofentse Mokae
10 July 2009

The bodies of five of the seven passengers that died in the fatal accident involving the SA Road link bus have been identified.

The bodies, of which all are of foreign nationals, have already been moved back to their home towns for funeral arrangements.

Police reported that three of the bodies were from Zimbabwe one from Lesotho and another of a Congo citizen.

Captain David de Klerk said the remaining two bodies’ identities were not known yet.

He said fifty people were injured in the accident.

He said investigations into Tuesday's accident were continuing.

De Klerk rejected reports that the driver was injured.

"There were two drivers on the bus at the time and one was a co-driver. Both of them were uninjured," said De Klerk

It has been reported that the coach lost control on the N1 freeway en-route from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Tuesday.

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