Fatal bus and train collision near Middelburg: MECs to visit school, scene
Landulile Dlamini will visit the school of the deceased, while Khesani Macie will go to the scene of the crash that has claimed six lives.
The Mpumalanga MEC of Education and the MEC of Community Safety, Security, and Liaison will today visit the site where five learners from Morneg Combined School died yesterday afternoon, when their school bus was struck by a train.
A sixth learner sadly died at a local hospital while receiving medical treatment.
The child was one of 20 injured in the accident, which happened just after 16:00 yesterday when their bus collided with a train on the R104 Road near Mafube Village between Wonderfontein and Arnot.
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Both MECs released press statements.
The MEC of Education, Landulile Catherine Dlamini, will be visiting the school, while Community Safety, Security, and Liaison MEC Khesani Jackie Macie will visit the scene where the crash happened.
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