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52 injured in Harrismith bus crash─── DANE BEISHEIM 07:54 Sun, 25 Jan 2015
Harrismith - Police are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving after at least 52 people were injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned near Harrismith, yesterday.
Eastern Free State police spokesperson Mmako Mophiring says the driver and all the passengers sustained minor to serious injuries.
He adds they were rushed to amongst others the Mofumamnahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital in Phuthaditjhaba, Thebe District Hospital at Harrismith and Bethlehem Hoogland Medi Clinic.
The Maluti bus was transporting 31 school pupils to their weekend classes at New Horizon School in Harrismith. The rest of the passengers were adult commuters.
Mophiring says the initial investigation points to a tyre that could have burst.
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Eastern Free State police spokesperson Mmako Mophiring on Harrismith bus crash:
