50 hurt as bus tips over on Edsa

At least 50 people were hurt, three of them seriously injured, after a public utility bus fell on its side at the corner of Edsa and Estrella Street in Makati City Thursday night. An RRCG bus plying the southbound lane hit an electric post at 8:55 p.m. and toppled over, snarling traffic for about two hours as it lay across three lanes, said SPO3 Mady Domingo of the Makati Police Traffic and Enforcement Unit (TEU). Among the injured passengers was a woman who broke an arm and was brought to Ospital ng Makati. Representatives of RRCG Transport went to the police station and assured the families of the injured that the company would shoulder their medical expenses. The bus driver, 35-year-old Mark Angara, was detained by the police and would face charges for reckless imprudence resulting in multiple physical injuries.—Dexter Cabalza