/ 16 January 2001

SOCCER LOUTS FINGERED IN BUS DISASTER

SWAZI authorities are probing indications that drunken soccer fans who crammed into a passenger bus at the weekend caused the nation’s worst ever public transport accident. The overcrowded Inawe Ngwane Bus Service intercity coach plunged off the Lubombo Highway in eastern Swaziland on Saturday, killing 30 passengers and trapping the unnamed bus driver in the mangled wreck. Survivors said the soccer fans forced their way onto the bus and ordered the driver to speed to ensure they would not miss a soccer match. – African Eye News Service