Aurora, Zambo Sur police file charges vs driver of bus involved in accident

Passenger bus victim was see dead under the collided  MTMI vehicle  

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, April 29 (PNA) –- Criminal charges have been filed before the prosecutor’s office against the driver of the bus which figured in an accident on Sunday that killed six people and injured 16 others in nearby Aurora town, a top police official announced Tuesday.

Provincial police director Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre said the charges were filed Monday by the police of Aurora town against Biato Dumpa of the Rural Transit Management, Incorporated (RTMI).

Ecaldre said the charges filed against Dumpa include reckless driving resulting in multiple homicide and multiple serious physical injuries.

Dumpa lost control of the steering wheel while negotiating a blind curve on Sunday in Barangay Anonang, Aurora, while traveling from this city to Cagayan de Oro City.

The bus turned upside down and pinned to death three of its 40 passengers that include two teenagers and a seven-year-old child.

Three others, including a three-month-old baby and a two-year-old girl, died while being treated at the hospital.

Most of the injured passengers were admitted at a hospital in the town of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

Ecaldre said Dumpa is detained at the police headquarters in Aurora town. The bus was also impounded. (PNA)
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Aurora Municiapl Police Detention Cell  (All Photos by JONG CADION)