Minibus crash in South Africa kills 12 schoolchildren and driver

Twelve schoolchildren and their driver were killed in South Africa on Wednesday when their minibus overturned and caught fire on a road in Gauteng province, officials said.

The accident took place a day after schools reopened after the winter holidays.

Seven other children were injured in the accident, which took place in the town of Merafong, west of the country’s economic hub Johannesburg.

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