| 词条 | Westdene dam disaster |
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The Westdene dam disaster was a bus accident that took place in Westdene, near Johannesburg, South Africa, on 27 March 1985. The accidentThe driver of a double-decker bus lost control and the bus crashed through barriers into the Westdene dam, a few kilometres from the centre of Johannesburg. A witness said it appeared a tyre blew out, sending the bus swerving into another vehicle before it smashed through a fence and plunged into the reservoir. The bus was transporting students from the local high school (Hoërskool Vorentoe[1]). About 3,000 people, including dozens of tearful parents, gathered near the scene as doctors and nurses battled to revive children pulled from the submerged bus. Police said 39 students drowned in the bus and two died later in hospital. Children travelling in another bus said some students trapped on the upper deck managed to break windows and swim to safety. [1] InvestigationThe driver, Willem Horne, could not remember what had happened and was acquitted. CasualtiesThe following children lost their lives in the disaster: {{div col|colwidth=18em}}
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1. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/28/world/south-african-crash-kills-42-johannesburg-march-27-upi-double-decker-school-bus.html|title=SOUTH AFRICAN CRASH KILLS 41 JOHANNESBURG|date=28 March 1985|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=23 December 2009}} External links
5 : Transport in Johannesburg|Bus accidents in South Africa|1985 road incidents|1985 in South Africa|March 1985 events |
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