The death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck on Christmas Eve near eastern Johannesburg has risen to 34, including 10 health workers at a nearby hospital, officials report.
“There was heat coming into the house. I thought of my wife, kids, and helping the affected people,” he said.The 32-year-old driver was taken into custody a few days after the accident but then was released by officials who said there was insufficient evidence to charge him.
The tanker truck transporting liquefied petroleum gas — used in homes and industries for heating and cooking — was en route to Botswana from South Africa’s Indian Ocean port of Richards Bay, said officials. The company that had hired the driver, Innovative Staff Solutions, has said that he was not negligent. He had taken a wrong turn and was following directions to get back onto the highway. The clearance for the bridge was not visible but he stopped and estimated that the truck would get under the bridge. But he did not calculate that as the front of the truck went lower in a dip the back end would go higher.
The incident will be investigated, said Tania Campbell, the mayor of Ekurhuleni, the municipality which includes Boksburg.
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