9 dead as bus falls into ravine
Nine people were killed while several others were injured Friday (April 18) morning when an Aurora-bound bus carrying some 50 passengers fell into a 20 meter-deep ravine in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija.
Senior Superintendent Napoleon Taas, Nueva Ecija police director, said the D-Liner bus with license plate CWW-643, had left Cabanatuan City and was on its way to Casiguran, Aurora when the driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged into the ravine at kilometer 8 in Barangay Cadactan at around 10 A.M.
Pantabangan Mayor Romeo Borja, Sr., said nine passengers died. He was in Manila when the mishap happened but his son, Romeo, Jr., Provincial Board Member told him about the mishop.
Tim Dante, Superintendent of the D-Liner, said the bus, fell into the ravine after its brake malfunction and while maneuvering a dangerous curve in Cadactan.
Dante said, one passenger, Albano Tagnas, was able to escape injury after je jumped out of the bus before it fell off the road.
Dante said rescue operations for the victims were immediately conducted by Nueva Ecija and Aurora authorities.
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