The owner of the bus involved in the tragic crash on the Van Rhyns Pass, which killed 10 people and left 29 others in hospital, said the vehicle was roadworthy and that the accident was probably due to driver error.
The bus crashed around 5:20pm on the R27 between kilometre marks 37 and 38, Cape {town} Etc reports.
At the time, it was speculated that passengers hailed from Upington, Kenhardt and Keimoes in the Northern Cape and were en route to Ceres in the Western Cape.
IOL confirmed that 38 construction workers were being transported to the Scatec solar plant in Ceres when the bus veered off the pass.
According to a witness on the scene, the vehicle lost a wheel, crashed through the metal barrier and plummeted down to the foot of the mountain.
