25 passengers injured in bus mishap

LEGAZPI CITY , Philippines  – About 25 passengers were injured when an airconditioned bus fell into a ravine in Barangay Cumadaycaday in Del Gallego town, Camarines Sur early morning Sunday, the police said.

Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Llorca, Camarines Sur police provincial director, said the Ultra bus (TYR 561) was cruising along the Andaya Highway with 60 passengers on board enroute to Metro Manila driven by Teofilo Magno suddenly went out of control and fell into a ravine at about 2 a.m. Sunday.       

Llorca said 17 of the injured passengers were rushed to the Maria Eliazar Memorial Hospital in Tag-kawayan, Quezon while the other eight injured passengers were brought to a hospital in Lopez, Quezon for treatment. Del Gallego is a boundary town of Camarines Sur and Quezon province.

Llorca said that Del Gallego police under Senior Inspector Jose Ramos is still conducting an investigation on the incident. – Celso Amo, Michelle Zoleta