traffic-related death

DID YOU KNOW: 216 deaths in NCR road crashes in 6 months

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s Metro Manila Accident Recording and Analysis System recorded a total of 216 fatalities due to road crashes between January and June this year. Of the total number of persons killed, 111 were…

Did You Know: Only 57% of buses passed MMDA smoke-belching test

According to the First Quarter Report of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, 1,882 passenger buses were inspected and tested during the smoke-belching operations of the agency. Of the figure, 1,068 buses passed while 814 others — that,…

Man killed in 18-vehicle pileup in Pasig

A motorcycle rider died while two other people were hospitalized after a driver lost control of his 10-wheel truck which hit a sport utility vehicle, triggering a chain reaction that led to an 18-vehicle pileup. The crash…

Metro traffic becoming health hazard for pinoys—NGO study

Traffic congestion in Metro Manila is now a critical health issue for Filipinos, an environmental group said in a statement on Wednesday. This was revealed by a study conducted by Kaibigan ng Kaunlaran at Kalikasan (KKK), a…

6 dead, 20 injured in Taytay truck crash

Six people died, including an infant and her mother, while at least 20 others were injured after a trailer truck went wayward and crashed into a row of shops and parked tricycles in Taytay, Rizal province, on…

1 dead, 3 hurt in Payatas road smashup

A man was killed and three others were injured in a four-vehicle collision early Wednesday morning in Payatas, Quezon City. Traffic Sector 5 of the Quezon City Police District identified the fatality as Carlos Arca, 39, who was on a motorbike…

Riders crushed by truck’s heavy cargo

A warehouse man and his teenage nephew were killed in Antipolo City on Wednesday evening after a trailer truck carrying metal scraps flipped over and crushed them. The bodies of Bobby Pamilar, 38, and Kyle Pamilar, 17,…

‘Breathalyzer for texting’ eyed to combat distracted driving

ALBANY, New York—Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan, on a highway north of New York City. It took a lawsuit and six months…

Doctors extract baby from pregnant victim of fatal crash

SINGAPORE — Doctors here extracted a premature baby from a Malaysian victim of a fatal road crash that happened in Jurong West on Saturday. The woman, who has been identified as Goh Chieh Ting, 25, was six months pregnant when…

Peter Lim’s brother sued for motorcycle rider’s death in Cebu City

CEBU CITY — A criminal complaint was filed on Tuesday against the younger brother of Cebu businessman Peter Lim whose Nissan GT-R sports car rammed a motorcycle and killed its rider at the Archbishop Reyes flyover in…

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