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Video: Memorial service for women killed in bus accident─── 10:51 Wed, 24 Aug 2016
Free State - A memorial service is now taking place in Bloemfontein for the 11 soldiers killed in a bus accident on the R712 near Golden Gate in the Free State on Friday.
Several others were injured when the military bus transporting 42 people from an event overturned on the winding road in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park nature reserve.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, was expected to attend the proceedings at the Christian Revival Church.
Authorities are investigating the accident.
Paramedics arrived at the scene shortly before midday on Friday. Nine soldiers died on the scene. Several sustained injuries ranging from serious to critical. They were treated at the scene and taken to local hospitals. - News24
