THE death toll from a horror smash between a passenger bus collided with a truck near Prince Albert at Laingsburg in the Western Cape rose to 12 on Wednesday. Five of the twelve have been named as Patricia Peters (59) Francis Maria Cherry (82), Fathima Buckas (3), Swaleha Bibi (56), and Khairoonisa Shaik (62) All five people were from Durban. Intercape Mainliner said that eyewitness reports indicate that the truck veered across the road and the bus swerved to avoid a head-on collision. The two vehicles then collided on their left sides.