20 children killed when minibus hits truck in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG — A minibus carrying young students collided with a truck and burst into flames in South Africa on Friday, killing about 20 children.
The victims were between 5 and 10 years old, said Russel Meiring, a spokesman for paramedic company ER24. He said several children survived after being pulled from the wreckage near Bronkhorstspruit, east of the capital, Pretoria.
Images posted by ER24 on Twitter show the crumpled, smoking minibus on its side next to the truck.
Authorities were investigating the cause of the crash. “We are trying to find out exactly what happened,” Meiring said.