RP police say 33 killed in bus accident

Mon, 25 Nov 2002 | Source: AP

PHILIPPINES: A bus lost control and plunged into a ravine in a province southeast of Manila on early Sunday while most of its passengers were asleep, killing at least 33, police said.

Soldiers and police officers pulled the dead, including the driver, and six injured passengers from the wreckage in a night rescue in the remote mountain town of Tagkawayan in Quezon province, said police superintendent Efren Castro.

Efren Garcia, deputy chief of police of Tagkawayan, said rescue teams failed to find any more survivors or bodies in the dry creek bed where the bus fell.

The driver apparently lost control of the steering wheel, Castro said. -- AP

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