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8 passengers dead after jeepney swept away by flash flood in Tanay, Rizal

By GISELLE OMBAY, GMA Integrated News

Eight passengers of a jeepney were killed in Barangay Sta. Ines in Tanay, Rizal after they were swept by a flash flood on Saturday night, according to Tanay Municipal Police Station.

The fatalities were seven senior citizens and a five-year-old child, according to a report by Luisito Santos on Super Radyo dzBB on Sunday.

 

 

 

The Rizal Provincial Police Office (PPO) identified the victims as Teresita Quinto, Myller Kit Delos Reyes, Leonida Doroteo, Salvacion Delgado, Carmen Dela Cruz, Esmena Doroteo, Avelino Buera, Deadora Buera.

Police said they are still looking for the driver of the jeepney, Jun Pio Domayik Jr., who was not seen at the scene of the accident.

One person, identified as the wife of the jeepney driver, was also injured and was being treated in a hospital.

Tanay, Rizal Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) chief Norberto Francisco Matienzo Jr. said the jeep came from the town proper and was carrying 25 passengers when the accident happened at around 8:15 p.m.

The jeep was reportedly crossing one of the 15 rivers in Tanay when it got stuck and was thereafter swept by a river flash flood.

 

 

 

“According sa isa sa mga witnesses natin…na-balahaw daw ‘yung kanilang sasakyan doon sa huling ilog na dapat sana, isang ilog na lang na malapit sa kanilang barangay. Ang problema, nabalahaw sila. Nagpa-batak sila sa isang kapwa jeep but then ang nangyari, may biglang flash flood na dumating so itong binabatak sana ay tumagilid at ‘yun ang dahilan matangay o magka-injury ang mga tao,” Matienzo said in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.

(According to one of our witnesses...their jeep got bogged down in the last river they were crossing near their barangay. The problem is they got stuck so they asked to be pulled by another jeep. However, there was a sudden flash flood, so the jeep tumbled over which became the reason for the passengers being swept away or getting injuries.)

He also said all victims were accounted for.

“As of now po, nandoon pa rin sa covered court ng Barangay Sta. Ines, Tanay, Rizal ‘yung mga na-recover na bangkay,” Matienzo added.

(As of now, the cadavers are still there in the covered court of Barangay Sta. Ines Tanay, Rizal.)

He said that before the accident, the elderly victims went to the town to get financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

“Ang sabi raw po kumuha o nag-withdraw [sa] ATM dahil parang may ayuda raw po from DSWD," Matienzo said in a “24 Oras Weekend” report.

"Sila po as senior citizens pumila sila sa Landbank. But then ginabi na po, supposed to be at 3 p.m. dapat nakaangat na raw po ang biyahe pabalik na po ng Barangay Sta. Ines. Pero inantay pa raw po ang senior citizens para makapag-withdraw and then by 6 p.m. saka pa lang sila nakaalis ng bayan pabalik ng barangay nila.”

(Some said that they will get or withdraw at an ATM because there seems to be financial assistance from the DSWD. As senior citizens, they lined up at the Landbank. Supposed to be their trip going back to Barangay Sta. Ines was at 3 p.m. but the senior citizens were still waiting to withdraw. It was only at 6 p.m. when they headed back to their barangay.)

According to the local government of Tanay, barangay captains usually regulate trips for their respective residents.

The LGU also notifies them, particularly when heavy rains are being experienced in the province. It also advised residents to avoid crossing the river at night, the report added.

Meanwhile, the LGU said it would help the families of those who lost their lives in the accident. —KG, GMA Integrated News

Tags: tanay, Tanay accident, Tanay Rizal, Jeepney Accident
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