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Bus, truck collide in SCTEX; 4 people dead, 50 injured
According to Ignacio, the bus passengers told them that the tourist bus was running fast when it hit the truck in the SCTEx.
Four people died and around 50 people were wounded after a tour bus collided with a truck along the northbound lane of the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) on Thursday, January 31, reports said.
In an interview with DZMM, traffic management and safety head of North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Robert Ignacio said government employees were the ones on board the tourist bus which was coming from Cavite.
“Halos lahat po ay sugatan ‘yung sa may bus, karamihan naman po ay minor (Almost all passengers of the bus were wounded. Most of them sustained minor injuries),” Ignacio said.
The 50 passengers were already rushed to the nearby hospital, the official said.
According to Ignacio, the bus passengers told them that the tourist bus was running fast when it hit the truck in the SCTEx.
“Tinitignan po ito, iniimbistigahan kung talaga pong mabilis at na-miscalculate lang po niya or baka nakaidlip din po (We are looking at it; investigating whether the bus was moving fast and the bus driver miscalculated his speed or he fell asleep),” he said.
Ignacio also told DZMM that the accident slowed traffic up to 200 meters from the crash site.
“Medyo matatagalang alisin po ‘yung mga involved na sasakyan, ‘yung truck at tsaka ‘yung bus, lalo na ‘yung bus (It will take a while before the involved vehicles will be removed, the truck and bus, especially the bus),” he explained.
