At least 6 dead, 28 injured as buses collide in Negros Occidental

FOUR persons were killed while 46 others were injured when two Ceres Liner buses collided along the national highway in Barangay Sto.

Initially, Senior Inspector Conrado Rances, chief of E.B.

As of 12:30 p.m., regulate have accepted only couple deaths: bus guide Ronnie Javarro of Victorias City and Nina Paceno, 19, a place where drugs are sold pupil of Colegio en San Agustinis thatBacolod.

Nino, Ciocon tried to overtake an unidentified vehicle but lost control of the bus, and then collided with an approaching Ceres bus with body number 5061 driven by Reynald Sibugan, 34, bound for Bacolod from Victorias.

Four of the passengers, who bore injuries in the head, died on the spot, while the 43 injured were brought to the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, and to the different hospitals in Bacolod City.

Both the passenger buses fell on its right side, overthrowing a few of the passengers into the canal, Rances said.

Siocon and his fare collector, Shabiros Cuervo, are now detained at the EB Magalona Police Station, pending further investigation of the vehicular accident.

As of writing, two of the bodies have already been identified by their relatives. Niño, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental Wednesday morning.

Police said the crash site is really prone to accidents.

The police, however, eyed human error like overspeeding and executing unsafe overtaking as the usual cause of accidents in the area.

He said the accident occurred along a portion of the six-lane cemented national highway that went straight for several kilometres and “usually tempted drivers to travel at high speed”.