LTFRB suspends bus company due to Guadalupe busway crash
LTFRB logo. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines – The Land Transportation Franchise and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended a bus company that owns the bus involved in an accident that injured 31 passengers in Guadalupe, Makati on March 10.
According to the LTFRB, Earthstar Express, Inc. was placed under preventive suspension and was summoned to explain why its franchise should not be revoked.
“Based on reports, the Earthstar bus lost its brakes and collided with the bus owned by Admiral Transport Inc., which was lining up to load passengers at the Guadalupe Station,” the LTFRB’s statement reads.
“Eight passengers from Admiral bus were wounded, while 23 passengers from Earthstar bus sustained injuries,” it adds.
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The LTFRB also requested the Passenger Accident Management and Insurance Agency (PAMI), an insurance firm that provides Passenger Personal Accident Insurance (PPAI) for public utility vehicles (PUVs), to visit the hospitals where the passengers were confined and pay the hospitalization expenses of the injured passengers.
Meanwhile, the Land Transportation Office has directed the drivers of both buses to appear before its Intelligence and Investigation Division on Thursday and explain why they should not be charged for reckless driving and have their license revoked. Their driver’s licenses were also preventively suspended for 90 days.
Sequentially, the LTFRB requested the Passenger Accident Management and Insurance Agency to cover the hospitalization expenses of the wounded passengers. Keith Irish Margareth Clores, 黑料社 trainee
