Bus lands in river

FijiTimes

Bus lands in river

A BUS with 50 passengers returning home from Diwali shopping went off road, tumbled down a 12-metre slope twice, and plunged into the Sigatoka River. The incident on November 9, 1985, was reported in The Fiji Times the following day. All passengers managed to scramble to safety from the partly submerged bus. Seventeen passengers, a mixture of men, women, and children were rushed by passing motorists to the Sigatoka Hospital where they were treat…