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Families set to identify train crash victims

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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) says family members of those killed in a train crash in the Free State last week will be taken to the Kroonstad mortuary on Tuesday to begin the identification process.

Nineteen people were killed and over 200 injured when a Shosholoza Meyl train travelling from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg collided with a truck before bursting into flames at a rail crossing between Kroonstad and Hennenman.

Four of the deceased are still unaccounted for.

Prasa Spokesperson Sipho Sithole says those affected by the deadly crash have been receiving medical and emotional support.

“The health authorities have now told us that they are ready to receive the families. We are just hoping that we will have the courage and that bravery to face the families when they see the remains and some of the charred bodies of people that perished in that accident. After that, we will then be dealing with the burial processes, because we don’t know how long the process of identifying the bodies will take.”

 

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