Twelve people have been killed in a horror crash on the R21 northbound before the OR Tambo International Airport off ramp in Gauteng on Tuesday morning.
The accident scene, which involves a bus, is still active. William Ntladi, spokesperson for the City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services said a bus jack-knifed and rolled several times.
"We have accounted 12 fatalities so far. All of them adults."
A total of nine men and three women were killed. Ntladi said other injured patients have been taken to the hospital. Emergency officials are at the scene, and the roadway has been closed completely to traffic.
He said more information would be provided at a later stage. A total of 19 people have been killed in two bus crashes in the past two weeks. In the most recent bus crash, nine churchgoers died in a bus crash on Sunday afternoon.
The 82-seater bus carrying churchgoers crashed on the N2 between Richards Bay and Shaka’s Kraal at around 4 pm.The crash involved a passenger bus from Pontys Transport in Tongaat.
According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation, preliminary reports suggest that the crash happened due to a tyre failure, causing the driver to lose control.
In the other incident, ten people died in a bus crash on the N6 in the early hours of March 5, 2025. The crash took place approximately 15 km south of Reddersburg towards Smithfield. Sipho Towa, District Manager for Free State EMS Control Center, said the crash involved a City to City bus with 37 passengers that collided with a truck. The bus driver escaped with critical injuries. By Jolene Marriah-Maharaj, IOL
