Baguio-bound Victory Liner bus falls into ravine

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The bus passengers were shaken and hurt, but all 44 of them survived the accident.

“A Victory Liner bus (body number 7044) bound for Baguio crashed into a 37-foot ravine along Marcos Highway at 3:45 am on Tuesday, March 3, with all of its 44 passengers surviving the fall,” reports Kimberlie Quitasol on Inquirer.net.

The report noted: “Chief Inspector William Willie, Tuba police chief, told dzIQ Radyo Inquirer 990 that the bus went off the road after its driver avoided another vehicle in Sitio Umesbeg, Taloy Sur village in Tuba, Benguet, upon approaching the city.”

According to the bus conductor, the bus driver was “blinded by the lights of an oncoming truck, prompting him to swerve to the right and into the ravine.”

The passengers sustained minor injuries and were treated at the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center.

In the official Twitter page of Victory Liner, a post declared: “Early dawn today bus 7044 was run off the road by a speeding truck along Marcos Highway. The slow moving bus ended up on rough terrain.”

 

Photo: Victory Liner file photo
 

 

 


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