The 8-year-old girl the lone survivor of a bus crash that killed at least 45 people in South Africa before Easter weekend has been released from hospital on Wednesday.
The girl, Atlang Siako is expected to travel to her home in neighboring Botswana, from where the bus was traveling last Thursday on its way to an annual Easter pilgrimage that attracts hundreds of thousands of followers of the Zion Christian Church.
The bus fell off a bridge near Mokopane village in the northern province of Limpopo, fell more than 150 feet (50 meters) and caught fire as it hit the rocks below, killing the driver and all passengers except Siako.
Health officials are still working to identify the burnt remains of those who died in the accident. At least eight bodies have been identified, officials said, as they continue to perform tests to identify the others.
Limpopo provincial Health Minister Phophi Ramathuba confirmed that at least 35 bodies had been retrieved from the scene and officials were trying to identify them so they could be repatriated to Botswana.
The government of Botswana has announced it will hold national memorial services around the country for the victims.
“The decision to hold a nationwide memorial service was taken in recognition of the fact that the tragedy of losing 45 lives all at once in a single incident would have affected not only the families and relatives of the victims but the entire nation,” the office of Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi said in a statement.
Lone Survivor Of South Africa Bus Crash Be Discharged From Hospital
