12 killed in SA accident

Johannesburg - At least 12 people died and 29 were injured when a bus smashed into a mini-bus taxi north of Pretoria yesterday…

Johannesburg - At least 12 people died and 29 were injured when a bus smashed into a mini-bus taxi north of Pretoria yesterday, South African police said.

"A bus collided head-on with a taxi. It is really very gruesome," police spokesman Capt Morne van Wyk said from the accident scene near Wahlmansdal.

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