Wikus Nel – The Mail & Guardian

/ 12 November 2007

Driver in court following fatal bus crash

The 45-year-old driver accused of causing a bus accident on Friday appeared briefly in the Piketberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Western Cape police said. Ten farm workers died when their bus went over a cliff near Piketberg in the Boland, and seven remain in a critical condition in hospital.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 10 November 2007

Driver detained after horror Boland bus crash

The driver of a bus that went over a cliff near Piketberg in the Boland, killing nine people, has been charged with culpable homicide, news reports said on Saturday. The bus was taking 42 agricultural workers back to their homes when the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle on Friday night.

By Staff Reporter