On the road again, GV Florida bus kills farmer in Tuguegarao

Less than a month after a Court of Appeals ruling allowed G.V. Florida Transport, Inc. to resume its operations, another one of its buses figured in a fatal accident, this time killing a 34-year old farmer in Tuguegarao City.

 

Police Inspector Arlene Javier, the public information officer of Cagayan Provincial Police Office, identified the victim as Randy Pattaui of Barangay Gosi Norte. He was run over by the bus on Sunday.

 

"The Florida aircon bus was traversing north when Pattaui suddenly crossed the road," Javier told GMA News Online on Wednesday.

 

"Bumusina 'yung driver kaya lang tinamaan na 'yung biktima. Nagsustain si Pattaui ng head injury," she noted.

 

The victim was a relative of Tuguegarao City Mayor Jefferson Pattaui Soriano.

 

"The farmer was rushed to People's General Hospital in the city, but he was pronounced "dead on arrival," Javier added. 

 

GMA News Online tried to get a statement of the bus line's management but it was not immediately available for comment.

 

Early this year, a G.V. Florida bus crashed in a Bontoc ravine killing 15 people including comedian Arvin "Tado" Jmenez, musician David Sicam, and visual artist Gerard Baja. 32 others were injured in the incident. 

 

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board issued a six-month suspension against the bus line. 

 

However, the Court of Appeals lifted the suspension citing that the government agency committed "grave abuse of discretion" when it decided to suspend the bus' fleet. 

 

LTFRB appealed CA's decision and elevated the issue to the Supreme Court. —NB, GMA News