New Zealander killed and two others injured in African bus crash

One New Zealander has died after bus overturned in Qachas Nek, Lesotho. The crash also killed eight others. Photo / Google

One New Zealander has died in a bus crash in Africa.

The New Zealander was killed after a tourist bus overturned in Qacha's Nek, Lesotho, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.

Two other New Zealanders were injured in the crash on September 28, local time, a Ministry spokesman said.

The New Zealand High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, was providing consular assistance to the New Zealanders involved and their families.

Lesotho is a small landlocked country within the borders of South Africa.