CAPE TOWN - The death toll from a bus crash in the Karoo now stands at 10.

The vehicle apparently careened off the road between Beaufort West and Aberdeen early on Thursday morning.

About 30 other passengers have been injured.

Emergency officials are racing to free people trapped in the wreck of a bus that crashed between Beaufort West and Aberdeen.

The vehicle careened off the road. The exact cause of the crash is unclear though.

More than 30 others have been injured.

Western Cape Traffic Chief Kenny Africa says: “There are still people trapped under the bus. We’re waiting on the breakdown services of the bus so that we can free the trapped people under the bus. We’re not sure if there are more fatalities.” </s> Traffic officials in South Africa say at least ten people died after a bus traveling from South Africa’s Cape Town to the Eastern Cape overturned in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The accident occurred at around 2 a.m. (2400 GMT) 50 kilometres outside Beaufort West, a town in the semidesert Karoo region. Another 30 passengers were injured.

“The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle which then overturned,” said Kenny Africa, provincial traffic chief for the Western Cape.

“We are not sure if driver fatigue could have played a role.”

South Africa has a very poor road safety record despite having the continent’s most modern road network. More than 14,000 people were killed in road accidents last year, according to official statistics. </s> At least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured in a bus crash on the N1 highway at Mookgophong in Limpopo.

Speaking on eNCA, Limpopo transport department spokesperson Matome Moremi said the bus was on its way to Gauteng from Zambia.

Moremi said eight women and three men were declared dead while 41 others were transported to various hospitals in the province.

For more news your way, download The Citizen’s app for iOS and Android. </s> A boy aged between seven and eight-years-old was among those killed when the vehicle overturned. The bus was travelling from South Africa's Cape Town to the Eastern Cape when tragedy struck at about 2am this morning, just over 30 miles outside Beaufort West, a town in the semidesert Karoo region. One adult was said to have died after being trapped under the bus.

Kenny Africa, provincial traffic chief for the Western Cape, said: “The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle which then overturned. "We are not sure if driver fatigue could have played a role." Mr Africa described what happened as a "gruesome" accident. South Africa has a poor road safety record despite having the continent's most modern road network.

More than 14,000 people were killed in road accidents last year, according to official statistics The wreckage from the latest accident was situated just off the main roadway near Beaufort West. The death toll was initially described as eight, but it had increased by two by around 8am. Mr Africa said: "In total, 10 people died - six men, three women and one boy [aged between] seven and eight years old." </s> Twelve people were killed and 46 injured in a crash between a bus and a truck in northern Tanzania, traffic police said.

The accident happened late on Wednesday evening in Makomero in Tabora province.

"A total of 12 people were killed, 10 at the scene and two while being evacuated to hospital," traffic police said, adding that 46 people were injured.

The truck, which was transporting potatoes, is believed to have crashed into the bus.

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FOLLOW News24 Africa on Twitter and Facebook. </s> A total of 11 people died in a bus crash on the N1 in Mookgopong near Modimolle on Monday morning‚ Limpopo police.

"It is alleged that the bus was travelling from Gauteng Province towards Polokwane in the early hours of today on Monday with 55 passengers and five drivers when it lost control and overturned. During this accident‚ 11 out of 60 where certified dead at the scene‚ all the drivers and other passengers sustained serious injuries and were taken to various hospitals for medical treatment‚" said Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe.

The bus was believed to have been bound for Zambia. </s> Twelve people were killed and 46 injured in a crash between a bus and a truck in northern Tanzania, traffic police said.

The accident happened late Wednesday evening in Makomero in Tabora province.

"A total of 12 people were killed, 10 at the scene and two while being evacuated to hospital," traffic police said, adding that 46 people were injured.

The truck, which was transporting potatoes, is believed to have crashed into the bus. </s> At least 13 people were dead in South Africa after a collision involving three vehicles on Saturday, news website eNCA reported.

Transport authority spokesperson Hilary Mophete told eCNA that a driver allegedly drove off the road, sideswiping a minibus and then colliding head on with a second bus.

The second bus burst into flames, killing 11 persons; the driver of the car and one passenger in the first minibus also died and six people were injured while three were severely injured.

The accident happened in Free State, a province in the country’s centre. </s> At least ten people died after a bus traveling from South Africa’s Cape Town to the Eastern Cape overturned At least ten people died after a bus traveling from South Africa’s Cape Town to the Eastern Cape overturned in the early hours of Thursday morning, traffic officials said.in the early hours of Thursday morning, traffic officials said.

The accident occurred at around 2 a.m. (2400 GMT) 50 kilometers outside Beaufort West, a town in the semidesert Karoo region. Another 30 passengers were injured.

“The driver apparently lost control of the vehicle which then overturned,” said Kenny Africa, provincial traffic chief for the Western Cape.

“We are not sure if driver fatigue could have played a role.”

South Africa has a very poor road safety record despite having the continent’s most modern road network. More than 14,000 people were killed in road accidents last year, according to official statistics.
A bus crash in Karoo, South Africa, leaves ten people dead and 30 injured.