A total of 45 people were killed and several more seriously injured in a bus crash in South Africa's northeastern province of Limpopo, local media reported Thursday.

The 45 dead were worshippers, and they were killed after their bus went out of control, fell over a bridge, and caught fire on the mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken in Limpopo, the South African Broadcasting Corporation said in a report late Thursday. 

(With input from Xinhua)