{"id":466570,"date":"2025-03-12T04:15:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=466570"},"modified":"2025-03-12T04:15:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:15:55","slug":"at-least-12-killed-as-bus-crashes-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/at-least-12-killed-as-bus-crashes-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 12 killed as bus crashes in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bus carrying 50+ people to work crashed near Johannesburg\u2019s OR Tambo Airport, officials confirmed<br \/>\n Johannesburg<br \/>\nA bus overturned in an area of Johannesburg near South Africa\u2019s main airport early Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, city officials said, with dozens more injured.<br \/>\nThe bus was carrying more than 50 people to work when it crashed on a busy road near Johannesburg\u2019s OR Tambo International Airport, officials said. Twelve people were killed and 45 others hurt, they said in a statement. \u201cWe are lost for words. This is a disaster,\u201d Ekurhuleni city transport official Andile Mngwevu said.<br \/>\nThe cause of the accident was not immediately known. It forced the closure of the highway leading to the airport. Images from the scene showed the bus on its side.<br \/>\nA survivor of the accident told Newzroom Afrika television that it appeared the bus was speeding.<br \/>\nDespite sophisticated road networks, South Africa battles with a high rate of road deaths blamed mostly on speeding, reckless driving, unroadworthy vehicles and failure to use seat belts.<br \/>\nFour school children were killed Monday and five others injured when two vehicles collided around Ekurhuleni, which lies east of Johannesburg.<br \/>\nAt least nine people, including a four-year-old child, were killed last week when their bus careered into a ditch in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal.<br \/>\nThe 82-seater bus was carrying congregants returning home from church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bus carrying 50+ people to work crashed near Johannesburg\u2019s OR Tambo Airport, officials confirmed Johannesburg A bus overturned in an area of Johannesburg near South Africa\u2019s main airport early Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, city officials said, with dozens more injured. 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