In this picture taken from video supplied by eNCA, a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter pageant plunged off a bridge on a mountain go and burst into flames in Limpopo, South Africa, on Thursday killing a number of folks, authorities stated.

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In this picture taken from video supplied by eNCA, a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter pageant plunged off a bridge on a mountain go and burst into flames in Limpopo, South Africa, on Thursday killing a number of folks, authorities stated.

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter pageant plunged off a bridge on a mountain go and burst into flames in South Africa on Thursday, killing at the least 45 folks, authorities stated.

The solely survivor of the crash was an 8-year-old little one, who was receiving medical consideration, in accordance with authorities within the northern province of Limpopo. They stated the kid was severely injured.

The Limpopo provincial authorities stated the bus veered off the Mmamatlakala bridge and plunged 50 meters (164 toes) right into a ravine earlier than busting into flames.

Search operations had been ongoing, the provincial authorities stated, however many our bodies had been burned past recognition and nonetheless trapped contained in the car.

Authorities stated they consider the bus was touring from the neighboring nation of Botswana to the city of Moria, which hosts a well-liked Easter pilgrimage. They stated it appeared that the motive force misplaced management and was one of many lifeless.

Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga was in Limpopo province for a street security marketing campaign and altered plans to go to the crash scene, the nationwide Department of Transport stated. She stated there was an investigation underway into the reason for the crash and supplied her condolences to the households of the victims.

The South African authorities typically warns of the hazard of street accidents in the course of the Easter holidays, which is a very busy and harmful time for street journey. More than 200 folks died in street crashes in the course of the Easter weekend final yr.

The Zionist Christian Church has its headquarters in Moria and its Easter pilgrimage attracts a whole bunch of hundreds of individuals from throughout South Africa and neighboring nations. This yr is the primary time the Easter pilgrimage to Moria is about to go forward for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic.