2010 Balamban bus accident
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| date = June 13, 2010
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| location = Trans Central Highway, Balamban, Cebu, Philippines
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The crash of a bus in Balamban, Cebu, Philippines, killed at least 21 people and another 26 were wounded on 13 June 2010.{{cite news |title=Cebu bus accident claims 21st victim |work=Manila Bulletin |date=2010-06-14 |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/262040/cebu-bus-accident-claims-21st-victim |author=Mars Mosqueda, Jr. |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-date=2010-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618122308/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/262040/cebu-bus-accident-claims-21st-victim |url-status=live }}
Overview
The bus was carrying around 50 passengers, mostly Iranian expatriates who were post-graduate students at the University of the Visayas and Cebu Doctors' University.{{cite news |work=Philippine Star |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=584299&publicationSubCategoryId=200 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911192631/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=584299&publicationSubCategoryId=200 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-11 |title=Death toll in Cebu bus crash rises to 22 |author=Dennis Carcamo |date=2010-06-14 }} The bus had been travelling from Cebu City to Balamban.{{cite news |title=Bus plunges in ravine; 20 dead |url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/06/14/Bus-plunges-down-ravine-20-dead/UPI-89991276524544/ |publisher=United Press International |date=2010-06-14 |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-date=2012-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021185153/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/06/14/Bus-plunges-down-ravine-20-dead/UPI-89991276524544/ |url-status=live }} At around 11:30 am, local time, while the bus was traversing the Trans Central Highway in Balamban, Cebu, the brakes apparently failed and the bus fell some 30 meters into a ravine.{{cite news |title=Philippine bus crash kills 21, mostly Iranians |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/14/AR2010061401605.html |author=Associated Press |author-link=Associated Press |work=The Washington Post |date=2010-06-14 }}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} At least 21 of the passengers were killed, while around 30 were injured.
The Iranian government announced that its embassy in Manila would be probing the bus accident, whose fatalities were mostly Iranian.{{cite news |work=Tehran Times |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=221357 |title=Iranian embassy to probe Cebu bus accident in Philippines |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-date=2010-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617070101/http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=221357 |url-status=live }} The Iranian government also announced that it would be sending special aircraft to the Philippines to evacuate its injured nationals.{{cite news |publisher=Iranian Student News Agency |title=Iran sending specific aircraft to Philippines to return victims |url=http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1558216&Lang=E |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618162529/http://isna.ir/isna/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1558216&Lang=E |archive-date=2010-06-18 |url-status=dead }} Iranians students had been in the Philippines under a special arrangement for a residency program with the Professional Regulation Commission.{{cite news |title=Bus rented by Iranians had ‘666’ plate number |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100615-275625/Bus-rented-by-Iranians-had-666-plate-number |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617061238/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100615-275625/Bus-rented-by-Iranians-had-666-plate-number |archive-date=2010-06-17 |url-status=dead }}
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered an immediate probe into the accident.{{cite news |title=GMA orders probe on Cebu bus crash, task force formed |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/262136/gma-orders-probe-cebu-bus-crash-task-force-formed |work=Manila Bulletin |date=2010-06-15 |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-date=2011-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607121953/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/262136/gma-orders-probe-cebu-bus-crash-task-force-formed |url-status=live }} It emerged that the owner of the tourist bus, J & D Tours, had not been accredited by the Department of Tourism, and its remaining vehicles were impounded by local authorities.{{cite news |title=J&D vehicles impounded, tested for road worthiness |publisher=Cebu Daily News |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20100616-275830/JD-vehicles-impounded-tested-for-road-worthiness |date=2010-06-16 |access-date=2010-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619063100/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20100616-275830/JD-vehicles-impounded-tested-for-road-worthiness |archive-date=2010-06-19 |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://cebuinformer.com/videos/13052/deadly-bus-crash-in-balamban-cebu-photos-and-video/ Deadly Bus Crash in Balamban – Cebu – Photos and Video]
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