Botswana's sole surviving bus crash pilgrim returns home

Wednesday, April 03, 2024 | 5190 Views |

8-year-old leaving Limpopo- PIC: Limpopo department of health

The sole survivor of the tragic bus accident that claimed the lives of 45 Batswana pilgrims in Limpopo, South Africa (SA) is on her way home.

The eight-year-old girl is returning this afternoon after she was discharged from SA's Mokopane Hospital today.

The child was one of the pilgrims in transit to Moria for the Easter weekend worship. Their bus never made it to Moria as it fell over Mma Matlakala Bridge on Thursday, leaving the 8-year-old girl travelling with her grandmother, as the only survivor.

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