At least 37 injured in Philippine bus accident.MANILA Manila (mənĭl`ə), city (1990 pop. 1,601,234), capital of the Philippines, SW Luzon, on Manila Bay. Manila is the center of the country's largest metropolitan area, its chief port, and the focus of all governmental, commercial, industrial, , Jan. 21 Kyodo At least 37 passengers were injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. Friday Friday: see Sabbath; week. Friday young Indian rescued by Crusoe and kept as servant and companion. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] See : Servant when a Manila-bound passenger bus flipped Flipped (2002) is a young adult novel by Wendelin Van Draanen. It is a stand-alone teen romance in a he-said she-said style with the two protagonists alternately presenting their perspective on a shared set of events. over near the capital, police said. No deaths were immediately reported. The Manila-based radio station DZMM DZMM Radyo Patrol Sais-Trenta (630 kHz Metro Manila) is the flagship AM station of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center in Quezon City, while its transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan. reported from the scene, however, that at least 47 passengers were brought to different hospitals for medical treatment for injuries. The accident occurred on a highway in the town of Bocaue, 20 kilometers north of Manila, when the bus, traveling from the town of Hagonoy in Bulacan Province, 40 km north of the capital, skidded on the wet road. Police quoted one of the passengers who had been seated beside the driver as saying the driver appeared to have lost control of the bus after it slid on the road. The driver fled shortly after the accident, which occurred during the morning rush hour, police said. DZMM quoted passengers as saying the bus was packed at the time of the accident, with some passengers standing. |
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