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2010-02-25 04:09:16 - Vehicle Accident - Philippines EDIS CODE: VI-20100225-25063-PHL
Date & Time: 2010-02-25 04:09:16 [UTC]
Area: Philippines, Province of Davao del Norte, Davao-Agusan highway, Barangay Number of Injured person(s): 42
Damage level: Heavy (Level 3)
Not confirmed information! Description: At least 42 people were hurt when a passenger bus figured in an accident along the Davao-Agusan highway here on Wednesday afternoon, police on Thursday said. The victims, including a two-year old boy, suffered serious and minor injuries when the Metro Shuttle Bus they were riding fell into a ditch in Barangay (village) Canocotan at 3:20 p.m., a report from the Tagum City police said. The airconditioned bus (LWK 155) driven by Magno Galleros, 48, was traveling toward Davao City when it suddenly swerved to the opposite lane of the highway. “The bus must have been very fast as the driver was trying to avoid another bus it was tailing,” Superintendent Giusseppe Geralde, city police chief told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Geralde said the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to head straight into a ditch at the right shoulder of the road. Police said the driver who also sustained minor injuries immediately surrendered. The rest of the victims were rushed to Davao Regional Hospital in Barangay Apokon here for treatment.
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