 
MEDIA STATEMENT
SIXTY-FOUR SCHOOL CHILDREN INVOLVED IN A BUS CRASHKwaZulu-Natal MEC for transport, safety and security Bheki Cele said that "the department will send out a technical team on Monday to conduct a full and thorough investigation to find out if there was anything else which contributed to the crash besides the driver losing control of the bus". The bus was traveling at about 06h00 in the morning from Ndlovana High School in Vryheid to Chesterville outside Durban. The school children were going to attend a sports day function when the bus driver lost control of the bus and it overturned. Up to now four children are critically injured, twelve of whom sustained serious injuries and forty-eight sustained minor injuries. They were taken to Nkonjeni Hospital for medical care. After the bus overturned the driver fled the scene. However a preliminary investigation show that the bus was in an unroadworthy condition and it was impounded to the Melmoth Traffic Station. The bus belongs to the Universal Samira of Chatsworth in Durban.
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