Five die in Mpumalanga crash
Five learners were killed in a head-on collision between a minibus and a bus near Nkomazi in Mpumalanga on Friday morning.
The province’s Department of Community Safety says twenty-six others were injured in the crash.
The department’s Joseph Mabuza, says eight are in a critical condition and were rushed to the nearest hospital.
Mabuza says the exact cause of the accident is not known.
Four of the victims died on the scene.
"There is only one person who died on their way to the hospital, meaning that we have a total of five fatalities on the moment," says Mabuza.
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