School bus accident causes one dead and eight injured

A student of the Portuguese School in Maputo died yesterday and another eight were injured in an accident involving a private bus that provides transportation for the Portuguese school students.
The accident occurred at the Julius Nyerere Avenue, one of the main roads of the Mozambican capital, when a car crashed (Mitsubishi Pajero) against the private bus carrying the students of the Portuguese School.
In statements to Lusa, the director of the Portuguese School, Dina Trigo de Mora, said the student who lost his life is from Mozambican nationality and attended the 9th year of schooling.In turn, Alice Feliciano, a member of the board of the Portuguese School in Maputo, told Lusa that the injured were transported to a private clinic (Clinica Sommerschield).

Source: Lusa

Personal note: Dear friends, our family is shocked with the death of this 14 years old girl and also the driver. We also are grateful for God's protection to our girls. Mariana was traveling in this bus for the last 15 months, in this same schedule, until we changed the contract to another transportation company, last month. Mariana's best friend, Marisa, minutes before the accident, asked a friend's mother for a ride, and didn't take the school bus.