MANILA, APR 16 -
At least five people including a 2-year-old boy were killed and 15
others were injured Wednesday when a passenger bus rammed a stalled
truck along the highway in eastern Philippines' Camarines Sur province
at the start of the Easter week exodus of vacationers to provinces,
police said.
Police Supt. Vicente Marfori said the driver of the bus from Manila is
under investigation at the police station of Libmanan town, where the
accident happened.
The whole right side of the bus was dislodged by the collision.
Marfori said the driver of the truck was in shock in a hospital.
The four-day Easter week holidays officially start Thursday but
vacationers have already started traveling to the provinces for the long
break.
Road accidents are common in remote areas in the Philippines, largely
because of poor vehicle maintenance, bad road conditions and poor
implementation of safety measures.
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