Cops stop bus with 116 passengers

An overloaded bus heading across the border has been intercepted in Limpopo carrying almost double its designated limit.

- Jarryd Westerdale

Limpopo police flagged down the bus yesterday at about 5am along the N1. It broke down on the way to the weighbridge near Polokwane.

This came a day after a Reconciliation Day public operation that recorded more than one-third of the buses stopped were overloaded.

The heavily overloaded 65-seater bus was spotted near Peter Mokaba Stadium heading north.

While being escorted to the provincial traffic control centre, the bus broke down and officers were able to count the occupants.

Excluding the driver, officers counted 101 adults and 15 minors, all headed to Malawi.

The driver attempted to flee on foot, but police and traffic officers stopped him.