By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
ON Thursday, a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in South Africa, claiming at least 45 people.
According to authorities in the northern province of Limpopo, the only survivor of the crash was an 8-year-old child, who was receiving medical attention.
The Limpopo provincial government said the bus veered off the Mmamatlakala bridge and plunged 164 feet into a ravine before busting into flames.
Although search operations were ongoing, the provincial government said, but many bodies were burned beyond recognition and still trapped inside the vehicle.
Authorities said they believe the bus was traveling from the neighboring country of Botswana to the town of Moria, which hosts a popular Easter pilgrimage.
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