Port Elizabeth - The death toll following a bus accident near Sterkstroom in the Eastern Cape has risen after a fifth person, an elderly man, died in hospital.
On Wednesday a bus traveling from East London to Pretoria overturned on the N6 near Sterkstroom.
Police said at that time that four people died at the scene while 24 others, including a child, were taken to Frontier Hospital.
In the latest developments, police spokesperson Captain Namhla Mdleleni said that a 73-year-old man has since died. Mdleleni said two of the victims have been identified as a seven-year-old boy and his 27-year-old uncle from Queenstown.