15 hurt in Commonwealth Avenue accident involving jeep, truck

At least 15 people, including three children and a five-month old baby, were hurt in a vehicular accident involving a jeepney and a 10-wheeler garbage truck on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City before noon on Monday.

According to Manny Vargas' report on Super Radyo dzBB, the victims, all passengers of the public utility jeepney, were brought to the hospital.

The jeepney driver said his vehicle's brake malfunctioned near V. V. Soliven. “Pag-apak ko kumagat tapos biglang bumababa [When I stepped on the brake, it worked at first and then it stopped working].”

Three ambulances from the Quezon City government rescue team, Philippine Red Cross, and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) responded to the area.  —Joviland Rita/KBK, GMA Integrated News