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Bus Accidents

A road collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, occurs when a vehicle comes into conflict with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, litter or other fixed barriers such as a tree, pole or a building. Road accidents often result in damage, death and property damage. Some factors contribute to the risk of collision, including vehicle design, driving speed, road, environment and driving practices, alcohol or drug abuse and behavior, particularly distracting driving, speed and road races. Road crashes around the world result in death and disability, as well as financial costs for society and those involved.In 2013, 54 million people worldwide were injured in road accidents. This resulted in 1.4 million deaths in 2013, up from 1.1 million in 1990. About 68,000 of these occurred in children under five years of age. In almost all high-income countries, mortality has declined, while mortality rates from road accidents have increased in most low-income countries. Middle-income countries are the top 20 deaths per 100,000 population. With 52% of all vehicles, 80% of all road deaths are affected. While the highest mortality rate in Africa (24.1 per 100,000 inhabitants), it is the lowest in Europe.

On a 50-passenger bus tour, the students of Bestlink College in the Philippines, Quezon City, on an excursion slipped and fell on the tug at Tanay in Rizal District. 15 passengers, including one driver, were killed. The accident endangered student safety during educational trips to the Philippines and led the Higher Education Commission and the Ministry of Education to impose a moratorium on field visits for the 2016 school year -2017.A tourist bus operated by Panda Coach Tours and Transport Inc., which carries about 50 students from Bestlink College in the Philippines, on an excursion to a Rizal camp. Erwin Gascon, from Tanay Police Station, went by bus to Sitio Bayucal at Barangay Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal, after losing his brakes at 8:45. He killed 15 passengers (13 students and a teacher) and a driver named Julian Lacorda Jr. was involved in the process and injured about 40 other people. A passenger died in hospital the day after the accident. The city government said bus drivers accidentally hit the post as a hash. The impact of the accident opened the roof of the bus and fell to the post. [Citation needed] Shortly before the accident, passengers noticed the smell of burnt rubber. The bus driver seemed ignored by him.

One day after the accident, the establishment of the Commission for Higher Education imposed a moratorium on field trips and training trips at all levels of education to investigate the accident. The proposal of Commissioner Prospero de Vera III to ban excursions to private and public colleges and universities until the end of the investigation. The Land Transport Regulatory and Franchise Board (LTFRB) must cease operation of the bus company involved in an accident. The Ministry of Education (DepEd) announced on February 22 that it would impose a moratorium on all levels after the accident until June 2017. It was announced that another survivor had declared that bus no. 8 was a replacement bus from Harana Tours, originally assigned to them.Actress Denise Laurel and Carmi Martin are saddened by the death of a bus accident. Laurel and Martin said the bus ran into an accident before being hit by students as they pushed their next TV The Better Half to Tanay. In her article on Instagram, Laurel quotes: “I saw the kids in a bus crash before they happened, they screamed and I liked as I stopped near the road and I Wake up, the whole ambulance is gone, pray for them.

CONCLUSIONS

A roadBus accident , also known as a motor vehicle collision, occurs when a vehicle comes into conflict with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, litter or other fixed barriers such as a tree, pole or a building. Road accidents often result in damage, death and property damage. Some factors contribute to the risk of collision, including vehicle design, driving speed, road, environment and driving practices, alcohol or drug abuse and behavior, particularly distracting driving, speed and road races. Road crashes around the world result in death and disability, as well as financial costs for society.

REFERENCES

*Students, 1 driver killed in Tanay bus accident”. Philippine Daily

Inquirer.

* Uy, Jocelyn (February 24, 2017). “After CHEd, DepEd also suspends field trips”. Philippine

Daily Inquirer. Retrieved.

*Bus crash death toll hits 15; teacher among dead”.

*Tanay bus crash death toll rises to 15″. Manila Bulletin.

* Dead in Tanay bus accident”. The Philippine Star.

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