Twelve people have died and several others left injured, following a bus crash on the R21 northbound near the OR Tambo International Airport, on Gauteng’s East Rand.

The accident occurred on the R21 northbound, just after the R24 at the OR Tambo International Airport interchange.

45  people have been transported to hospital.

Ekurhuleni EMS spokesperson, William Ntladi explains, “So it’s a single vehicle that is the bus itself that is currently on it’s side and upon arrival of emergency services we found people lying across the road. A medical check was conducted and 12 of the adults who were passengers were declared dead by paramedics and 45 that is the driver included, have been hospitalised with minor to critical injuries.”

All four lanes have been completely blocked off to traffic. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.

Ntladi earlier said, “A bus has jack knifed and rolled several times and unfortunately in this accident we have accounted this far 12 fatalities all of them adults and nine are males and three females and the entire freeway is still closed a number of other patients that have been injured have been treated and transported to various hospital.”

Bus crash | 12 people have died in a bus crash on the R21 bus crash