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Interstate bus crashes into shop─── 12:38 Wed, 22 May 2013
Christopher Motabogi
Botshabelo – Some 30 bus passengers travelling on an Interstate Bus are lucky to be alive after an early morning bus crash in Botshabelo township’s B-Section outside Bloemfontein in the Free State. Seven people were injured.
Eastern Region Emergency services commander, Sello Masukela says the accident occurred just before 08:00 this morning.
Masukela says initial reports suggest that a white Toyota Cressida collided with the bus which later burst through a hardware store.
He says two people were rushed to the Pelonomi and Botshabelo hospitals respectively and are in a critical condition.
Botshabelo police says no one was reported dead in the bus accident.
Emergency personnel spend hours this morning trying to tow away the bus out of the building.
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Botshabelo – Some 30 bus passengers travelling on an Interstate Bus are lucky to be alive after an early morning bus crash in Botshabelo township’s B-Section outside Bloemfontein in the Free State. Seven people were injured.
Eastern Region Emergency services commander, Sello Masukela says the accident occurred just before 08:00 this morning.
Masukela says initial reports suggest that a white Toyota Cressida collided with the bus which later burst through a hardware store.
He says two people were rushed to the Pelonomi and Botshabelo hospitals respectively and are in a critical condition.
Botshabelo police says no one was reported dead in the bus accident.
Emergency personnel spend hours this morning trying to tow away the bus out of the building.
