Bus rams post on Edsa flyover in Mandaluyong, 10 hurt

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MANILA, Philippines — A pair of public utility buses has again figured in a serious road accident. At least 10 persons were hurt after a passenger bus rammed into a post of the flyover on the southbound section of Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City Wednesday morning.

Ten passengers of Nova Auto Transport bus suffered minor injuries when the bus hit the Ortigas flyover post near the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency office along the Edsa-Ortigas avenue intersection.

A Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ‎metrobase officer said in a phone interview that as the Nova bus hit the post, an incoming Jackpherly‎n Auto Transport bus, which had TXR 814 plate, bumped into the Nova bus, with plate number TXT 160.

The injured passengers were brought to the MMDA rescue base under the Ortigas flyover.

As of 9:30 am, the accident has not been cleared, causing moderate to heavy traffic on Edsa-Ortigas. -With report by Julliane Love De Jesus