Limpopo bus driver to appear in court
The police in Limpopo have arrested the driver of a bus that crashed on the N1 outside Polokwane on Friday.
The crash claimed the lives of nine people and left scores others injured. dead.
The bus was travelling from Harare in Zimbabwe when it crashed in the early hours of the morning.
Provincial police spokesperson, Moatshe Ngoepe, says the bus driver attempted to cross the border in to Zimbabwe when he was apprehended.
The driver was initially taken to hospital with the other 51 injured passengers.
“He then disappeared following his discharge from hospital and fled towards the Beitbridge Port of Entry," says Ngoepe.
Ngoepe says the suspect will face nine counts of culpable homicide when he appears in the Polokwane Magistrate Court on Tuesday.
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