Jan. 20, 1999. A Baguio Bus Lines vehicle bound for La Union from Baguio City overshot a sharp curve on Naguilian Road and plunged 50 meters into a ravine in Barangay Banangan in Benguet province. Among the 22 people killed were the driver and conductor. A heavy fog was reported in the area, but investigators said the driver might have miscalculated the curve and failed to slow down on its approach. Citing survivors’ estimates, they said the bus had been speeding at 96 kilometers per hour. Some bus drivers, on the other hand, blamed government neglect, citing the lack of road signs caused previous accidents.
Feb. 2, 2002. A Norton Bus was negotiating an eroded and narrow dirt road in Barangay Poblacion in Benguet, when it hit a mountainside and fell into a 37-meter ravine, killing 16 people. The accident site was 53 km from Baguio. The bus was bound for Kabayan town in Benguet.
Nov. 24, 2002. A Falcon Bus Liners vehicle lost its brakes and plunged into a 9-meter ravine on Quirino highway in Quezon province, leaving 33 people, including the driver, crushed to death. Police said the Bicol-bound bus was on a sharp downhill curve when it went wayward, smashed into an iron railing and fell. At least six survived.
April 2, 2005. A Dagupan-City bound Victory Liner bus overtook a minibus and failed to avoid an oncoming jeepney on the national highway in Barangay Rabon in Pangasinan province. Eighteen people were killed and 23 others were injured. A bus passenger blamed the driver for the accident.
May 11, 2005. More than 20 minutes after it left Baguio for Dagupan City, a Byron Bus Line bus developed mechanical trouble, turned turtle, and crashed into a roadside boulder along the Marcos Highway in Barangay Badiwan, Benguet. The bus was torn in half and many passengers were thrown out. A total of 27 people died, while 17 others were hurt.
June 13, 2010. A tourist bus filled with mostly Iranian medical and nursing students on their way to the beach plummeted into a 30-meter ravine while negotiating a downhill section of the Trans Central highway at Barangay Cansomoroy in Cebu province. At least 20 were killed while 30 were hurt. Witnesses said the driver was unfamiliar with the snaking road, noting that the vehicle was still going fast downhill.
July 3, 2010. A VJ & A Bus Co. vehicle careened downhill and struck a concrete fence in Toledo City in Cebu, leaving at least 15 people dead and 65 hurt. The bus was said to be overloaded, and the driver was also liable for speeding, police said. Compiled by Eliza Victoria, Inquirer Research
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