UITENHAGE - 16 YEAR OLD SCHOOLGIRL DIES AFTER BEING TRAPPED UNDER BUS WHEEL

A 16-year-old Uitenhage schoolgirl was killed after being trapped under the wheel of a bus.

Police spokesperson, Captain Gerda Swart, says the incident happened in Tamboville on Thursday afternoon.

She said the bus driver had been transporting a group of children home from school and had dropped off the teenager in Ritz Street in Tamboville.

Swart said after the learner alighted and the driver pulled away, she said he felt that he had driven "over something".

The driver immediately stopped and went to investigate, finding the "girl lying under the left front wheel of the bus".

Swart said she was declared dead on the scene while the other children on the bus were taken to hospital for treatment for trauma.

"The schoolgirl's name will be released after a formal identification is completed," Swart said

via - ALGOAFM