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3 killed, 13 hurt when bus fell off bridge in Leyte —police


Three were killed and at least 13 wounded in a road incident in Tanauan, Leyte shortly before midnight on Tuesday.

A Philtranco passenger bus heading for Mindanao from Manila fell off a bridge in Barangay Solano in Tanauan before midnight, police said.

Rescue and retrieval operations were not easy because the incident area was dark, rescuers said.

Photos by Glenn Dela Rosa of Delta Fire Rescue

 

Among the rescued passengers were children and an infant.

Officials from the Tanauan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council confirmed that three died in the incident, and the 13 injured are now in hospitals.

Authorities are still determining the cause of the incident. —Peewee Bacuño/LBG, GMA News 

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