The Quezon provincial police office on Wednesday said the driver of the Eagle Star passenger bus that figured in an accident last Monday along the national highway in Pagbilao town has surrendered to police authorities.
Senior Supt. Erickson Velasquez, Quezon police director, said Pepito Santuele, driver of the passenger bus, surrendered Tuesday and told the police he did not escape as reported.
â€I just went to have my injuries treated at the hospital,†Santuele said.
Among the 57 bus passengers, 30 of them including a one-year-old toddler were injured, the police said.
Velasquez said investigators, however, discovered that Santuele has no driver's license and already figured in a road accident sometime in March last year.
Last Monday, the passenger bus driven by Santuele with plate number TXP-443, was enroute to Manila from Ormoc City in Leyte when its brakes failed along a zigzag road, forcing it to fall into a 30-foot ravine near Camp Trining in Sitio Amao, Barangay Malicboy in Pagbilao.
Velasquez identified those injured as Rodpas Patalaga, 29; Judith Cabo, 33; Ginafe Tapalis, 18; Rosemarie Tante Quilaquel, 40; Elizalde Metula, 33; Edemar Metuda, 5; Vivencio Lluana, 49; Teresita Quino, 64; Mara Fe Alcantara, 30; Nora Espinosa, 39; Liezel Laure, 16; Joseph Espinosa, 41; Jurelyn Ortega, 23; Mauie Ortega, 3; Lorena Lipon, 36; and Lawrence Cardillo, 8;
Rogelio Niemes Jr., 28; Joeboy Verzosa, 26; Jocelyn dela Cruz, 35; Roland Casinto, 22; Abet Suralta, 18; Melvin Suralta, 23; Cynthia Manases, 23; Flordeliza Miza, 20; Rodge Vincent Misa, 1; Nerie Lascanas, 36; Jim Daang, 17; Marlito Rudente, 22; Mark Anthony Salas, 17; and Jojo Sorino, 19.
Police said all of the injured suffered lacerations and bruises and were treated at a hospital in Lucena City. (PNA)
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