The
accident
happened
when
a
bus
carrying
91
passengers
from
the
Eastern
Cape
to
Zimbabwe
veered
off
the
Zoutpansberg
mountain
and
plunged
down
a
steep
slope.
A
total
of
40
people
were
injured.
Ramathuba’s
office,
said:
“Working
with
authorities
from
Zimbabwe
and
Malawi,
the
province
hopes
they
will
be
able
to
run
fingerprint
comparisons
on
their
side
since
some
of
the
deceased
do
not
have
identification
documents.“It
is
only
then
they
will
be
able
to
repatriate
them
for
their
families
to
have
closure.”
Ramathuba
said
photographs
of
all
the
deceased
have
been
taken
and
encouraged
families
searching
for
their
loved
ones
to
visit
Tshilidzini
Hospital
to
help
with
the
identification
process. She
said:
“The
victim
identification
team
will
start
collecting
fingerprint
sets
from
all
the
bodies.“It
is
anticipated
by
Wednesday
the
forensic
pathology
teams
would
have
concluded
postmortem
examinations.”
Ramathuba
said
17
families
had
already
arrived
at
Tshilidzini
Hospital
to
identify
their
loved
ones,
and
the
process
will
continue
on
Wednesday
for
the
remaining
families.
She
added
that
19
patients
have
been
discharged
and
reunited
with
their
families
in
Zimbabwe
and
Malawi.
Authorities
will
investigate
why
the
bus
travelled
such
a
long
distance
with
so
many
passengers,
she
said.
Police
have
opened
a
case
of
culpable
homicide,
while
the
Road
Traffic
Management
Corporation
is
finalising
a
technical
report
on
the
cause
of
the
crash.