The MEC for the North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng visited the More Secondary School in Coligny.
Thirty-one (31) of the seventy-one (71) learners who were involved in a school bus accident are attending here.
The accident happened at around 06:45 yesterday morning on a gravel road between Sleepsteen and Gerdau Farms. All learners were travelling from Gamaloka in the Ditsobotla Municipality.
The injured were treated at the General De La Rey Hospital in Lichtenburg and Coligny clinic.
MEC Morweng said its concerning that though the bus is reported to have been roadworthy, it suffered a mechanical failure which allegedly led to it overturning.
Morweng said “Even more concerning is that it is reported by local officials that their investigation into the accident also reveal that the driver is a foreign national whose status in the country is still being verified.
“The substitute bus that transported learners this morning arrived almost two hours late. We have to follow the Service Level Agreement and apply corrective measures.”
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
