20 people killed as tour bus rolls off bridge into river after head-on collision

Twenty people were killed and 68 injured in a head-on collision between a tour bus and a cash-in-transit van on the N1 in the Makhado (Louis Trichardt) area of Limpopo on Monday evening.

ER24 said after the collision, the bus rolled off the freeway bridge into the river below, landing on its side.

A police diving team is searching the river for people who might have been swept away, the department of transport and community safety said.

ER24 said: “Three people were found deceased by the roadside and 16 down by the river — all were declared dead on arrival. One patient, of the 69 passengers confirmed transported to the hospital for various injuries, has since died.”