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On 7 February 2013, a bus collided with a [[semi-truck]] and a [[sport utility vehicle]] on the [[Great North Road]],<ref name="Lusaka Times 2">{{cite web | url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/02/07/over-50-people-die-in-post-bus-accident/ | title=Over 50 people die in Post bus accident | publisher=Lusaka Times | date=7 February 2013 | accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref> between the towns of [[Chibombo]] and [[Kabwe]] in the [[Central Province, Zambia|Central Province]] of [[Zambia]],<ref name="Lusaka Times 3">{{cite web | url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/02/08/relatives-of-post-bus-travelers-besiege-ndola-post-office/ | title=Relatives of Post bus travelers besiege Ndola Post office | publisher=Lusaka Times | date=8 February 2013 | accessdate=8 February 2013}}</ref> resulting in the deaths of 49 of the 73 persons on the bus,<ref name="Casualties">{{cite web | url=http://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/02/08/74-year-old-mkushi-farmer-charged-for-causing-the-post-bus-accident/ | title=74-year-old Mkushi farmer charged for causing the POST Bus accident | publisher=Lusaka Times | date=8 February 2013 | accessdate=8 February 2013}} – Note: early news reported 53 fatalities. This figure of 51 is the number used by the police and the legal services.</ref><ref name="news24 1">{{cite web | url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/SA-man-caused-horror-Zambia-crash-20130208 | title=SA man caused horror Zambia crash | publisher=news24 | date=8 February 2013 | accessdate=8 February 2013}}</ref> and of the truck driver and his assistant.<ref name="Daily News">{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/bus-crash-zambia-leaves-53-dead-article-1.1257880|title=Bus crash in Zambia leaves at least 53 dead, considered one of nation's worst traffic crashes – NY Daily News|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|publisher=The Associated Press|accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/07/zambia-bus-crash|title=Dozens killed in Zambia as bus crashes into truck |date=7 February 2013|work=The Guardian|accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="New Zimbabwe">{{cite news|url=http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-10217-53+dead+in+Zambia+bus-truck+crash/news.aspx|publisher=AFP|title=53 dead in Zambia bus-truck crash|work=New Zimbabwe|accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref> A further 28 people were injured.<ref name="Lusaka Times 3"/> | |||
The crash was one of the worst in the history of Zambia, and was compared to a 2005 bus accident in which 38 high school students died and another 50 were seriously injured.<ref name=Guardian /> | The crash was one of the worst in the history of Zambia, and was compared to a 2005 bus accident in which 38 high school students died and another 50 were seriously injured.<ref name=Guardian /> | ||
