| Re: Groot Busongeluk [boodskap #76981] |
Do, 01 Mei 2003 15:17 |
Annette
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Ja, toe ek nou die 5-uur nuus hoor toe sê hulle 80 is dood en 10 is beseer.
Annette
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> "Annette" wrote in message
> news:b8qo5l$cjf6j$1@ID-92016.news.dfncis.de...
>> Blykbaar is 90 mense dood in 'n busongeluk naby Bethlehem ( Vrystaat).
>> Annette
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> Up to 80 Feared Dead in S.Africa Bus Crash
> 17 minutes ago Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo!
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> JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Up to 80 people were feared dead after a bus
> carrying trade union members to a South African May Day rally crashed into a
> reservoir early on Thursday, police said.
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> "There were between 80 and 90 people on the bus," police spokeswoman Mary
> Martins-Engelbrecht told Reuters after the accident, which happened at
> around 5 a.m. (11 p.m. EDT Wednesday) near Bethlehem, eastern Free State.
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> "So far they have retrieved five bodies. Ten people were saved, and they
> have been taken to Bethlehem hospital. They don't know if any others made it
> out," she added.
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> "Emergency services are trying to pull the bus from the dam."
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> Confederation of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU) spokesman Patrick Craven
> said the bus had been taking COSATU members from the diamond mining center
> of Kimberley to a May Day rally in the area of Qwa Qwa.
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> He said he understood there were up to 90 people on the bus, but he had also
> heard a lower estimate.
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> "The 90 figure could be an exaggeration," he said.
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> South Africa's roads are among the most treacherous in the world, and buses
> and other vehicles are often overcrowded.
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> National news agency SAPA quoted police Senior Superintendent Sam Sesing as
> saying the bus driver had lost his way near Bethlehem and ended up driving
> along a gravel road.
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> "According to information, unknown to the driver, the road led to a big dam
> outside Bethlehem. The bus is under water and rescue operations are under
> way at the moment," SAPA quoted Sesing as saying.
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