By Gina Dizon
BONTOC,
Mountain Province -- A vehicular accident reportedly due to loose
brakes resulted to the death of 14 passengers and
29 injured Feb. 7 around 7:30 a.m. when a Florida Bus loaded
with 42 passengers including two drivers and the conductor
fell some 120 meters from the road here between Talubin
and Bayyo barangays.
Police reports
from Bontoc Police Station as relayed by provincial police officer Rector
Bumahit revealed among those
confirmed dead were six unidentified persons and eight
identified passengers namely MarcialBarando, Andrew Sicam,
Natividad Ngawa, Gerald Baja, Ana Alaba, Arvin Jimenez, and
foreigners Alex Laring from Canada and Ana Van Deven from the Netherlands.
Among those
injured foreigners was Bernard Bunhard from Netherlands.
Five injured
were transferred to Luis Hora Hospital in Bauko town and the rest treated
at Bontoc General Hospital.
Also injured
were driver Edgar RaynonJerymiahAgnapan, AgungSicam, Silvestre Dawey, Ammelok,
Codiamat,Teresita Sawad, MelchorSuagen, Camille Osorio, Christian Conrado, Alexander Longlong, Kristina De Leon, Naty Bang-i, Robert Conrado,
AbyAtin, James Posao, Carina Hairer, Basilan Miluardo, Abegail Sicam, Edgar
Kemon, WenseslawSiano, Michael Ligito, Jun Chavez, Jason Melchor, Olivia
Aglipay, Charlie Santamaria, PaengCordove, and a certain brother of
AgungSikam.
The bus driven
by Alexander Lucas Longalong from Nueva Ecija and Edgar Mendoza Raynon
from Pangasinan was owned by operator Jun Florida. Florida Bus is a regular
public utility vehicle carrying passengers from Manila to Bontoc and
vice versa.
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