TimesLIVE reports that the 32 year-old driver of an Intercape bus that overturned in the Free State - killing at least eight people and injuring 45 - was found hanging near the crash scene early on Monday in an apparent suicide.
he bus crashed on Alma Road in Welkom just before 5am on Monday. Police spokesperson Brig Motantsi Makhele advised that two of the eight people who had died included two children, while the 45 persons who were injured had been transported to various hospitals. "The body of the driver was found hanging from a tree not so far from the accident scene," Makhele said, adding that an inquest docket had been opened.
- The original of a short report by Iavan Pijoos is at TimesLIVE
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