PNP: Pickup, bus drivers in Silang, Cavite road rage agree on settlement

The drivers of the pickup truck and the bus involved in a viral road rage incident in Silang, Cavite have agreed on an amicable settlement, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday.

“Ayon sa hepe ng Silang, na-settle naman po kinabukasan ang kaso at nag-execute po ng affidavit of no interest to file criminal charges yung driver ng bus,” PNP spokesperson Police Brigadier General Randulf Tuaño said in a press briefing.

(According to the Silang chief of police, the case was settled the next day and the bus driver executed an affidavit of no interest to file criminal charges.)

“May kasunduan po sila na yung kanyang medical treatment at yung kanya moral damages amounting to P40,000 ay babayaran. Kasama rin po yung pagkarepair nung na sira doon sa bus, na aabot po ng P18,000. 

(They agreed that his medical treatment and moral damages amounting to P40, 000 would be paid. Also included is the repair of the damage to the bus, which will amount to P18,000.)

Earlier on Monday, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it has imposed a 90-day suspension on the driver's license of the man who was caught hitting and pushing the elderly bus driver.

The altercation began when the Toyota Hilux allegedly sideswiped the bus. The Toyota Hilux was driven by a woman, Tuaño said.

Her husband got angry when the bus driver hurled invectives at his wife, which led to the viral altercation.

A video of the incident showed the husband roughing up the older man while his wife tried to stop him and pacify the two. — JMA, GMA Integrated News