11Military officials killed in bus accident

Eleven South African military officials were killed on Friday when the bus transporting them fell down an embankment.

A report from Johannesburg said that a total of 42 military officials were travelling in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in centrally located Free State province.

It said that the officers were on their way to a cultural centre inside the park, when the bus driver failed to apply brakes on a bend.

It reported that all the fatalities were women, while several people were hospitalised in critical condition.

NAN