TWENTY-seven people, including five children, were killed when a bus travelling from Rustenburg to Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape overturned and careered about 70 metres down an embankment on the R56 road between Kokstad and Franklyn early on Wednesday morning. KwaZulu-Natal transport officials said 59 other passengers were injured, five critically. It was not known whether the driver of the Greenboy Transport bus was among the dead. The cause of the accident was also not known.