A driver and 19 school children were killed in South Africa when the minibus they were travelling in collided with a truck and exploded in a ball of fire in Mpumalanga province, emergency services said on Friday. The vehicle was ferrying children from school when it collided with the truck between the towns of Verena and Bronkhorstpruit, northeast of the capital Pretoria, Russel Meiring, ER24 spokesman said. The emergency service says the cause of the crash is not yet known.
At least 20 schoolchildren are killed after their minibus collides with a truck in Mpumalanga, South Africa.