Passenger Collapses and Dies Outside Intercape Offices in Western Cape
In a tragic and unexpected turn of events, a woman collapsed and died outside Intercape’s Bellville offices in the Western Cape on Saturday, November 23.
Eyewitnesses reported that the woman had travelled from Johannesburg with her partner and had just arrived at the terminal. After leaving her partner with their luggage, she went to use the restroom.
Passenger Collapses and Dies Outside Bellville Bus Terminal in Western Cape
The eye witness told Daily Sun that when the woman returned, she requested to sit as she suddenly felt dizzy. The woman sat down and a moment later she fell in a sitting position.
“When she arrived, she left her bags with her partner and went to the toilet. When she returned, she asked if she could sit down since she felt dizzy. She then sat and fell on the ground while sitting, and that’s how she died, just like that. The bus had just arrived, and some people were still taking their bags out of the trailer,” said an eyewitness.
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Partner Left Devastated by Loss
A man who had come to pick up his wife at the terminal described the scene as heartbreaking.
“She was a young lady, probably in her early 30s. I wonder what could have led to her painful death. The husband was shocked and distressed as other passengers comforted him after the shocking incident,” said the man.
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Intercape Clarifies as Police Launches Investigation
Intercape acknowledged the incident but clarified that the woman had not travelled on one of their buses.
“We’re aware of the incident. She was not a passenger on our bus, but a passenger on one of the cross-border buses,” said Intercape.
Police spokesperson Colonel Malcolm Pojie confirmed the incident, which occurred around 2 p.m. He added that an inquest docket had been opened to investigate the circumstances of her death.
“Bellville police opened an inquest docket for further investigation after a 25-year-old woman collapsed after she disembarked from a passenger bus at a bus stop at Mable Street in Belville at around 2pm on Saturday, 23 November 2024. The cause of death is yet to be determined through an autopsy to be performed on the body,” Pojie said.