At least 13 people have died in Botswana after a commercial bus packed with passengers plunged into a river, according to the spokesperson for the southern jwaneng district government and a statement.

The accident occurred in the jwaneng district, the regional communication bureau said in a statement issued late on Sunday.

Wosenyeleh Simion, spokesperson for the jwaneng district, told Reuters on Monday at least 13 people had died, including  males contractors

“Five are in a critical condition and taking treatment at  KHS medical facility,” he said.

He added that the bus had missed a bridge and fell into a river and that the road had many bends.

More report on accident

According to the accident reporters, say’s Some of the passengers were returning from a wedding ceremony and some families had lost multiple members, which includes a top foreign contractor

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he said, adding to his report, A traffic police in the region had reported the bus was overloaded, which likely caused the accident.

The state-run Botswana Broadcasting Corporation also reported that the passengers were traveling to a wedding when the accident occurred on Sunday.

In a statement late on Sunday, the regional communication bureau had given the death toll as 13.

Deadly traffic accidents are common in Botswana, where driving standards are poor and many vehicles are badly maintained.

At least 38 people, mostly students, were killed in 2018 when a bus plunged into a ravine in Botswana’s mountainous north.