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TRINIDAD, Benguet – In yet another Benguet road vehicular accident, fifty
passengers cheated death and went home unscathed after their Baguio-bound
passenger bus collided head on with a north bound elf truck in a sharp curve at
Sito Sayet Caliking in Atok, Benguet afternoon of Sept. 27.
Benguet
provincial police director, Senior Supt. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said the elf-truck
driver was the lone reported injury during the mishap while the 47 bus
passengers and the two companions of the elf truck were unhurt after the
accident.
He
identified the wounded driver of the elf truck bearing the plate number WHM-274
as Freddie DulinenAnanao, 38 and a resident of Buguias, Benguet.
Azurin
said that the investigation revealed that the GL passenger bus, with 47
passengers including the driver Bastian Badongen Bosaing and his conductor, was
ascending towards Baguio City while the elf truck was descending towards
Buguias when the two vehicles met and collided at the center of the road.
He
added that the bus passengers and the two companions of the elf truck driver
were unhurt after the incident happened, and were the ones who brought the elf
truck driver to the nearest hospital after seeing him injured.
Azurin
disclosed that both drivers agreed to settle the damages incurred in their
respective vehicles amicably to prevent further filing of cases.
The
police officer called on to motorists plying the Halsema Highway to be vigilant
and always on the lookout for incoming dangers on the highest highway system in
Luzon.
“Please
always check on your vehicles for its condition before driving on the road,”
Azurin warned, following the recent vehicular accident in the nearby
municipality of Buguias that killed 13 students.
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