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Passengers travelling from East London to Tshwane on Friday had to wait 13 hours to resume their journey. after their bus broke down. The bus, according to passengers, left the East London CBD bus station just after 5pm to fetch other passengers at Windmill bus station. When the driver started fixing it on the way to Qonce passengers realised there was a problem.
A three-month-old baby and a woman thought to be in her early 30s were killed while more than 30 other passengers were injured in another bus crash on Eastern Cape roads.
Thirteen passengers were released from hospital and the death toll remains at five after a head-on collision involving a diesel-fuel tanker and a bus on Monday. A Crossroads diesel tanker travelling from East London to Mthatha and an Eldo-coaches operated Cityliner bus on the N2 smashed into each other.