AUP-iCONS BUS HITS CHEMICAL TANK: CAUSES MAJOR TRAFFIC AT SLEX
by: Chester John C. Rebojo
The 10-wheeler truck was doing a sudden U-turn when, the speeding school bus of Adventist University of the Philippines collided onto it; leaving the Chemical tank on Lateral Position, and the Beloved AUP Bus with Plate Number RAS 766 on total front-part wreck.
Several Batchmates tha
t were involv
ed in the accident reported that, most of the passengers were hurt, and had minor injuries. Ms. Lee Ye Eun (Grace) fainted, and had deep cuts; Ms. Verina Willis had her lip injured; Ms. Lulit Gedamu has chin injury; Ms. Riset Toyogon jumped out of the window, and had injured the anterior aspect of her left leg with shattered window glasses (seen at the video below), and Mrs. Natividad Estapon, Clinical Instructor, had head contusion after the blow.
Most of the passengers had minor strains and contusions on different parts of their bod
y
"Grabe talaga, nakita ko ung pag crash nung bus dun sa chemical tanker. Halos lahat kasi tulog, unti lang kaming gising, wish ko nga sana nakatulog nalang ako para hindi ko nakita. Lahat talaga after nung makalabas umiiyak, sinigaw na nga ni sir shall (one of the clinical instructors with them) "Sige go! Iiyak nyo lang yan ilabas nyo!", na realize ko na therapeutic nga talaga ung pag iyak" ("Almost all of my batchmates were asleep except some of us when the bus crashed on that chemical tank, how i wished i was also asleep so i haven't seen the exact impact!") says Ms. Jade Tayamora
, one of the victims of the incident.
When asked about the rationale behind the move of jumping out of the window, Ms. Riset Toyogon, also a victim, replied. "After Magbangaan, nagising lahat, kasi ung mga kasma namin lumipad na, si Wayne Flores (another batchmat
e) nga mga 3 seat ung n
ilipad nya mula dun original seat nya, so natahimik lahat, then may sumigaw mga na
sa labas na mga naka blue na construction worker, sabi lumabas na daw kami kasi baka sumabog ung chemical tank, oh di syempre panic kami, tu
malon nalang ako dun sa bintana malapit sakin." ("After the crash, all was awaken from their naps, cause most of us were sprung out of our respective seats; even Mr. Wayne Flores was tossed 3 seats away from his seat. After which the construction workers in blue alarmed us to jump out of the bus cause the tank we collided into might explode, so i jumped out of the window, thus the injury")
"Actually umuusok pa nga ung bus, kaya lalo kaming nag panic, nakita ko nalang si Cham Gallermo (another batchmate) nakahilata na dun sa may bandang harapan, tapos yun durog na ung bintana" ("Actually, smoke was accumulating inside the bus, which made us panic more, then i saw Ms. Cham Gallermo, lying at the front part of the bus, then the windows were crushed") Ms. Tayamora added. "Halos lahat nung mga nag-ka contusions sa mga nakasakay, dahil dun sa mga naka recline na seats sa hara
p nila, dun sila nabunggo, buti nalang si Mon Tagle (another batchmate), hindi ni recline ung upuan nya sa harap ko, kung hindi isa na din ako sa m
ga either pumutok ung labi or baba" ("The reclined seats in front of each student caused some of the students contusions on their brow and face) she added.
The passengers were divided into two groups: one group was brought at Ospital ng Muntinlupa, and the others were brought at the AUP Clinic. They were all screened for major and minor injuries at each respective areas emergency room, and all had their chest x-ray's.
"We were really in shock during that moment, i had like 30 seconds to take a bath, then rushed to OSMUN (Ospital ng Muntinlupa) and arrived there in just 15 minutes," Dean Susy Jael tells us. "We were just so glad that no one was badly injured," Ms. Tayamora adds.
As of now, the victims are now all safe and no fatalities were reported.
The full video interview with Ms. Riset Toyogon, will be posted in a while, so stay tuned.
What's this in English?
ReplyDeleteword. i can hear someone taking BP in the background. hahah
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