The lives of forty-five individuals were tragically lost when a bus transporting them to an Easter celebration veered off a cliff.
Remarkably, amidst the tragedy, an eight-year-old girl emerged as the sole survivor.
The Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety conveyed through a Facebook post that a devastating bus accident on the Mma Matlakala Bridge, situated between Marken and Mokopane in Limpopo Province, South Africa, claimed the lives of 45 individuals.
The incident took place about 200 miles north of Johannesburg on Thursday, March 28th.
The crash claimed the lives of 45 people. Credit: Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety
According to reports from the South African Broadcasting Corporation, as cited by PEOPLE, the bus was traveling from Gaborone, Botswana, to a church in Moira, Limpopo Province, for Easter celebrations.