South Africa: 15 feared dead as bus crashes through bridge and is hit by train north of Durban

South Africa: 15 feared dead as bus crashes through bridge and is hit by train north of Durban
# 17 August 2015 21:38 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Fifteen people are believed to be dead after a minibus taxi lost control on a highway in South African province KwaZulu-Natal, went down an embankment and was hit by a train, paramedics said. The accident occurred near Shaka's Head, north of Durban, when the people carrier vehicle with 20 passengers went through a bridge landing on railway tracks below.

Five more people are injured, one critically, medics at the scene told ENCA, with some people still trapped in the vehicle.

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