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Pedestrian blamed as eight Britons killed in bus crash; SOUTH AFRICA Witnesses say man played `Russian roulette' with tour bus on steep mountain road through national park.(News)
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The Independent (London, England)
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January 2, 2004| Author:
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Byline: Terri Judd and Ingrid Oellermann in Pietermaritzburg
EIGHT BRITISH holidaymakers were killed when their minibus overturned after a pedestrian, apparently playing "Russian roulette" with oncoming vehicles, leapt in front of their vehicle near a national park in South Africa.
The pedestrian, who was believed to be mentally ill, jumped out as the minibus negotiated a steep and winding road in the Royal Natal National Park. Five men and three women in the minibus died. The South African driver and tour guide, two British travellers and a Canadian woman escaped with ...
