A passenger bus carrying 78 people overturned in southwest South Africa on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, including children, police and transport officials said.
The bus was travelling from the tourist city of Cape Town to Idutywa in Eastern Cape province when it crashed in the early hours, the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), a government road safety partnership, said.
"It is alleged that the bus swerved to avoid colliding with a delivery vehicle when the driver lost control and the vehicle overturned," RTMC said in a statement.
Police said most of the victims were declared dead at the scene and included seven men, five women and three children.
Deadly crashes
Police said the circumstances surrounding the crash were under investigation.
In 2025, 11,485 people were killed in road crashes in South Africa, down more than 5% from a year earlier, according to RTMC data.
Most of the fatalities were pedestrians.
