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10 killed as South African military bus overturns
Original Publication Date: August 18, 2016 11:37PM
Publication Updated: April 27, 2025 8:18PM
JOHANNESBURG – Paramedics in South Africa say a bus carrying military personnel has rolled down an embankment, killing 10 people and injuring 40.
ER24, a provider of emergency medical care, said Friday that the crash occurred in the Golden Gate reserve in Free State province.
ER24 spokesman Russel Meiring says in a statement that many people were thrown from the military bus when it overturned. He says paramedics found bodies strewn around the scene.
An investigation is underway.
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