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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A speeding passenger bus slammed into
a row of vehicles lined up at a highway toll booth Thursday in
the northern Philippines, killing 10 people, including children,
police said.
More than two dozen others were injured in the multiple-vehicle
collision in Tarlac city, north of Manila, at a heavy travel
time on May Day holiday, police said.
The bus driver, who was among the injured, was taken into
custody and initially told investigators that he dozed off
shortly before the crash, Tarlac police chief Lt. Col. Romel
Santos told reporters.
The bus crashed into a van, which was lined up with three other
vehicles at the toll booth. Eight of the dead, including
children, were in the van, which was pinned between the wayward
bus from behind and another car in front, police said.
A couple died in a car in the collisions that happened around
midday in the scorching summer heat, police said, adding that
many of the injured were bus passengers.
Vehicular accidents are common in the Philippines because of
poor enforcement of safety and traffic regulations, faulty
vehicles and reckless driving.
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