Ten killed in horrific Western Cape bus crash
Western Cape authorities have confirmed the deaths of ten people in a bus accident outside Beaufort West.
Another twenty passengers were also injured when the bus overturned in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Provincial traffic chief, Kenny Africa says the driver had allegedly lost control of the vehicle - on the road between Beaufort West and Aberdeen.
Emergency services worked to free some of the passengers trapped underneath the vehicle - that landed on its side.
The passengers' bus was travelling from Cape Town to the Eastern Cape.
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Six women, three men and a eight-year-old child, were killed in the crash.