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The jeepney, after losing its brakes, crashed on two other vehicles before rolling to the side. (Photo: LEAH AGONOY / Inquirer Mindanao)
CITY OF PAGADIAN – Eight people were killed and 56 were injured while an overcrowded passenger jeepney who had lost his brakes crashed into two more vehicles and drove Wednesday to Barangay Dao in the city of Pagadian. 19659004] Five of the passengers died on the spot, while the others were taken to the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center and another nearby hospital, according to Danny Caballero, a member of the Philippine Red Cross team. (PRC)
. Among the injured was jeep driver Marlito Padaran, who had a fractured leg.
Three seriously injured passengers died in the hospital.
The jeepney came from Barangay Cogonan, Labangan City, Zamboanga del Sur, and was traveling through the city of Zamboanga-Pagadian City Road when it lost its brakes
Marisa Copat, who saw the light from the road. incident, said that she was driving her Purok Mahayahay motorcycle, Barangay Dao, when she saw the jeepney get off the ro
Passengers on the roof of the jeepney jumped off the road for safety. Copat said that one of those who jumped hit his head on the road.
The jeepney crashed with two other private vehicles before he turned the turtle in front of the 9th camp of the Community's Regional Defense Group
. The vice governor of Zamboanga del Sur, Ace Cerilles, announced on his Facebook account that 10 passengers were still in critical condition. / atm
Some of the passengers are on the edge of the road shortly after the jeepney crashed into two other vehicles and turned turtle. (Photo taken from Zamboanga del Sur Vice Governor's Facebook account, Ace Cerilles)
Dr. Rovel Blancia, chief of the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center, checks the injured patients, including a mother with a six-month-old baby. (Photo by LEAH AGONOY / Inquirer Mindanao)
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