SABC News reports that the Motor Industry Staff Association (MISA) has expressed concerns about the increased number of fatal bus crashes on the country’s national roads.

Sixteen people died after a bus lost control and overturned on the R21 road in Kempton Park on Gauteng’s East Rand on Tuesday morning. Yesterday morning, nineteen learners sustained injuries after a bus they were being transported in crashed into the back of a truck in Wadeville, also on the East Rand. “This bus crash in Ekhuruleni comes after a bus crash in the Free State that killed 10 people and the bus crash in the Kwa-Zulu-Natal where eight people died. Our roads should not claim lives like this; drivers should always be cautious, and we also urge motorists to be more patient on the roads, especially in stormy weather,” said MISA’s Sonja Carstens. A Road Traffic Management Corporation study indicates that there were 323 fatal bus crashes in the past five years in the country.

• Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Monique Lewis at SABC News

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