MANILA, Jun 15 (NNN-PNA) – A female bus passenger died and 34 others were injured, 11 critically, in a road accident in Negros Occidental province, in the central Philippines, a local official said today.
Maria Laarni Pornan, chief of the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said, the accident occurred at around 5:40 p.m. local time yesterday, after the government bus, carrying 36 people, including the driver, lost control, while negotiating a descending road.
She added that, the bus fell on its side, resulting in the death of a 40-year-old female teacher.
Pornan said, the bus was transporting public school teachers and a student, back to Bacolod City from a team-building activity in San Carlos City, when the accident happened.– NNN-PNA
