# SAPS launched a culpable homicide investigation after a state-owned Iveco bus caught fire on the R300 freeway between Stellenbosch Arterial and Kuils River in Cape Town last night. Officers responded to reports of the burning vehicle and found it engulfed in flames. A 40-year-old police sergeant attached to Bishop Lavis SAPS, who was driving the bus, died at the scene after sustaining fatal injuries. Police say the circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.
Police investigate after officer dies in burning state bus on R300 freeway near Kuils River