Maidens recovering well
Nine of the young girls were transferred from Ngwelezane Hospital near Empangeni to Port Shepstone Regional Hospital last Friday.
SOME of the maidens who were injured in the bus accident which claimed the lives of ten people on Sunday, September 1, were transported to Port Shepstone Regional Hospital last Friday.
Nine of the young girls were transferred from Ngwelezane Hospital near Empangeni.
Of the nine, four have already been discharged. The remaining five are said to be recovering well.
Nomthandazo Cele (20) who was one of the most critically injured, is responding very well to medication. However, it was said it may still be some time before she’s discharged.
On Tuesday this week Ugu District mayor Ntombifikile Gumede and Vusi Madlala from the Department of Arts and Culture visited the remaining maidens at the hospital. Several other maidens remain at Ngwelezane Hospital.
The bus in which the young girls were travelling crashed near Melmoth on the R66 highway last Sunday. The passengers were returning to Umzumbe from the annual Reed Dance ceremony at the Nyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma when the accident occurred.
The bus, belonging to Malundi Bus Lines, was carrying 64 people.
The driver is thought to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to crash into the steel armco barriers on the side of the road. Some of the passengers were thrown out of the bus.
Meanwhile the bus involved was released to the bus company yesterday (Wednesday).
According to spokesman Shikhar Singh, of Malundi Bus Lines, the Department of Transport had found no faults on the bus.
The funerals of the victims were held at Umzumbe last weekend.
