Forty-five passengers died on Thursday when a bus conveying them crashed through a barrier of a bridge in South Africa.
Only an eight-year-old child survived accident with multiple injuries.
The bus was said to have caught fire after it fell off a bridge approximately 300km north of Johannesburg in the north-eastern Limpopo province.
BBC reports that the passengers were pilgrims travelling from Botswana’s capital Gaborone to an Easter service in the town of Moria.
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The vehicle lost control and went off a bridge on the Mmamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken, around 300km (190 miles) north of Johannesburg, according to South African public broadcaster SABC.
Speaking with reporters after visiting the scene, Sindisiwe Chikunga, South Africa’s minister of transportation, said the government will carry out an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time,” Chikunga said.
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We continue to urge responsible driving at all times with heightened alertness as more people are on our roads this Easter weekend.”
In his Easter message to South Africans, President Cyril Ramaphosa called on citizens to “do our best to make this a safe Easter”.
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