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Horrific crash claims 32 lives in S. Africa

Xinhua, November 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

A collision between a bus and a car killed 32 people in Osizweni, KwaZulu-Natal Province on Thursday, authorities said.

According to the initial report from the scene, 32 people have died and four others were injured.

Paramedics are still on the scene treating the victims, said Emergency Medical Rescue Services Spokesperson Robert Mckenzie, without giving further details.

The cause of accident remains unknown.

South Africa is notorious for road carnages, which claim more than 1,000 lives per month, causing huge social and economic losses.

Road crashes cost South Africa 300 billion rand (about 21 billion U.S. dollars) per annum in direct and indirect costs, according to the Ministry of Transport.

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has vowed to reduce the number of road casualties this year by 25 percent and achieve a 50-percent reduction in road accidents by 2020. Enditem