MANILA, Philippines – Three people died while over 70 others were injured after a bus collided head-on with a truck along Maharlika Highway in Atimonan, Quezon, on Monday night, May 6, according to media reports.
A Rappler report, citing GMA’s Unang Hirit said an AMV Travel and Tours bus had a head-on collision with a 10-wheeler truck loaded with wood, in Barangay Sta Catalina in Atimonan.
Passengers interviewed by police said the bus, which was bound for Samar, tried to overtake a car and lost control of the brakes, then slammed into an approaching truck.
The truck driver and another man on board the truck were killed, along with a bus passenger, said a Rappler report.
The report said the 70 people who were injured were brought to hospitals for treatment.
(Rappler photos)
