KZN govt concerned about number of bus crashes in province after latest incident near Vryheid

DURBAN - The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government said it was concerned about the number of road accidents involving buses in the province.

Ten Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supporters were killed and 38 left injured on Tuesday morning when the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck in Vryheid, in northern KZN.

The group were travelling from Umlazi, south of Durban, where the party held its Youth Day rally.

The province has recorded a number of bus crashes since the start of the year.

KZN Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli: "It's unfortunate that in KwaZulu-Natal these kind of accidents seems to be common. Each and every month, you hear news of a bus crash resulting in the loss of many lives."

Ntuli also conveyed his condolences to the affected families.

"We are sending our condolences to both the families that lost their ones and even to the EFF, as I've been informed they were members of the EFF."