LTO issues show cause order vs jeepney driver in Miag-ao accident

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) issued Sunday a show cause order to the driver of the private jeepney that figured in an accident in Miagao, Iloilo on Black Saturday that injured 38 people, many of them children. 

In a report by Sevein Hope Gegantoca of Super Radyo Iloilo, Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region VI director Gaudioso P. Geduspan II said the driver needs to explain what happened in the incident that also left 19 minors hurt.

#BantayBiyahe: Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region VI, naglabas ng show cause order laban sa driver ng naaksidenteng pribadong jeep sa Iloilo. | via Sevein Hope Gegantoca, Super Radyo Iloilo pic.twitter.com/thLXl20CoH

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Authorities said the vehicle was carrying around 60 passengers several riding on the rooftop, prior to the accident. 

The jeepney was en route to a beach resort in the town of San Joaquin when the driver allegedly lost control while descending a curved portion of the road in Barangay Maninila. This caused the vehicle to fall on its side.

The LTO urged  motorists to inspect their vehicles before going on trips and to make sure they are physically and mentally fit to drive. —RF, GMA Integrated News