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The 2013 Manila Skyway bus accident occurred on December 16, 2013, between Bicutan and Sucat Exits of South Luzon Expressway in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines, after a bus fell off the Skyway, crushing a delivery van and fatally wounding the van's driver. [1] [2] 19 people died and 19 others were injured.
The bus had been travelling from Cebu City to Balamban. [3] At around 11:30 am, local time, while the bus was traversing the Trans Central Highway in Balamban, Cebu, the brakes apparently failed and the bus fell some 30 meters into a ravine. [4] At least 21 of the passengers were killed, while around 30 were injured.
On January 6, 1967, two Catholic pilgrimage buses collided on a mountainous road near a reinforced timber bridge in the rural town of Indang, Cavite, Philippines.. Subsequently, they plunged off a cliff, killing more than 80 people, [b] the majority being women and children, and injuring the remaining passengers, making it one of the world's worst road accidents and disasters and the worst in ...
A 34-vehicle crash near Taunton on the M5 motorway killed seven and injured 51. [107] [108] November 16 – China – Gansu school bus crash. A school bus collided head-on with a coal truck, killing 21. [109] December 1 – Philippines – A van slammed into a parked truck in Malungon, Sarangani, killing 13 and injuring five. [110]
[1] [4] The town government said that the bus driver deliberately hit the post as the braking method. [1] causing a large portion of the bus to tear off and the pole to topple onto the bus. [5] [6] Moments before the accident, passengers allegedly noticed the smell of burning rubber. [7] However, the bus driver apparently ignored them. [8]
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A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers lost control and hit an power pole in Tanay, Rizal, killing 15 people and injuring 40. [80] 18 April 2017 – 2017 Nueva Ecija bus accident. A 45-seater bus carrying 77 passengers fell into a ravine in Carranglan, killing 31 and injuring 46. [81]