43 survive bus fall in Sorsogon

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:19:44 +0000

AN Eagle Star bus fell into a 50-meter ravine in Matnog town, Sorsogon province, Monday morning. Three out of the 43 passengers of the bus sustained minor injuries. (Photo courtesy of PRO-5)

SORSOGON CITY – Forty-two passengers, two drivers and a conductor miraculously survived when a Samar-bound bus fell into a 50-meter deep ravine in Barangay Hidhid, Matnog town, Sorsogon province, Monday morning.

Colonel Roque Bausa, director of Sorsogon Police Provincial Office (PPO), said an Eagle Star bus with body number 8168 from Metro Manila fell off a cliff at about 9:50 a.m. while traveling along a descending sharp curve of the national highway in Barangay Hidhid.

Bausa said only three people sustained minor injuries. All of the passengers were brought to Matnog Medicare Hospital for medical attention.

“Immediately, Matnog Police Station responded to the area and coordinated with other nearby municipaliti
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