Five pupils killed, 20 injured in bus-train crash in South Africa


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  • Thursday, 01 Aug 2024

JOHANNESBURG, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Five pupils were killed and 20 others injured in a collision between a school bus and a train in South Africa on Wednesday, authorities said.

The crash involving a bus and a goods train occurred Wednesday afternoon at a level crossing in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, a province in eastern South Africa, the Department of Transport said in a statement.

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