At least 16 hurt in bus accident in Lucena City, Quezon

At least 16 people were reported injured after a passenger bus they were riding figured in an accident in Lucena City in Quezon province Saturday.

 

The accident occurred at the diversion road in Lucena City, according to a report by radio dzBB stringer Peewee Bacunio Saturday afternoon.

 

Sketchy initial information indicated the bus crashed after its brakes failed.

 

But a separate report on Bombo Radyo said as many as 21 were injured in the accident, though it added the injuries were minor.

 

The Bombo Radyo report said the "Pamar" bus driven by Jose Ibara Bermas, 63, hit a concrete barrier, the signage of a hotel and an electric post.

 

The Bombo Radyo report said the the bus was headed for Bicol at the time of the accident. — JDS, GMA News