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Injured Greyhound passengers leave hospital
24 Jun 2016 at 06:54hrs | Views
Greyhound Accident
AT least 32 passengers who were injured in the Greyhound bus accident in South Africa in the early hours of Wednesday have been discharged, while three are still in hospital, an official said yesterday.
A representative of the Greyhound bus company, Mr Thomas Rumhaka, told The Chronicle yesterday that the bus was travelling from Johannesburg to Harare not to Bulawayo as earlier reported.
He said 35 of the 55 passengers on board were injured and taken to different hospitals in Limpopo province in the neighbouring country after the accident.
"The bus was carrying 55 passengers when the accident occurred. Of the 55 passengers, 35 were injured and were taken to different hospitals after sustaining bruises and injuries. A total of 32 have since been treated and discharged while three remained in hospital.
The driver of the Greyhound bus reportedly lost control and it overturned near Louis Trichardt town in Limpopo province.
Sources in that country said the accident occurred at around 2AM, a few kilometres from the town's Central Business District along the N1 highway.
The accident comes a few months after four family members were killed while two others were critically injured when a Land Rover they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck along the N1 highway between Makado and Musina towns in South Africa.
At least 40 Zimbabweans have been killed in road accidents between Johannesburg and Musina in the last six months.
A representative of the Greyhound bus company, Mr Thomas Rumhaka, told The Chronicle yesterday that the bus was travelling from Johannesburg to Harare not to Bulawayo as earlier reported.
He said 35 of the 55 passengers on board were injured and taken to different hospitals in Limpopo province in the neighbouring country after the accident.
"The bus was carrying 55 passengers when the accident occurred. Of the 55 passengers, 35 were injured and were taken to different hospitals after sustaining bruises and injuries. A total of 32 have since been treated and discharged while three remained in hospital.
Sources in that country said the accident occurred at around 2AM, a few kilometres from the town's Central Business District along the N1 highway.
The accident comes a few months after four family members were killed while two others were critically injured when a Land Rover they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck along the N1 highway between Makado and Musina towns in South Africa.
At least 40 Zimbabweans have been killed in road accidents between Johannesburg and Musina in the last six months.
Source - chronicle
