School Bus Hit By Train

A school bus, carrying sixty two children and three teachers, returning to Pretoria from a school tour in Limpopo, collided with a train in the early hours of the morning. The incident took place near the Rolle Train Station in Thulamahashe.

The bus was crossing the railway tracks when the train hit. Fortunately the bus was almost completely over the tracks when the collision occurred, leaving the majority of the patients with only minor to moderate injuries.

Two children and one of the teachers were sadly declared deceased on the scene due to multiple fatal injuries. It is unclear at this stage as to the sex and ages of those fatally injured. The other sixty two patients were treated on scene, and transported to surrounding hospitals by local ambulances for further treatment.

It seems that the driver of the bus fled the scene after the incident. No one in the train, which was carrying goods at the time, sustained any injuries.