JUST IN: Bus Accident In Tanay-Sampalok Highway In Rizal, 10 Confirmed Dead

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - At least 10 were killed in a vehicular accident involving a tourist bus in Tanay, Rizal, officials said.

Passengers of a tourist bus from Quezon City were killed after the vehicle apparently lost control and hit an electric post in the vicinity of Magnetic Hill, Peligrino Farm, Sitio Bayukan, Barangay Sampaloc in Tanay, Rizal.

Courtesy: Jaime D. Dela Rosa Jr./Dimplehart Sigler

Engineer Carlos Inofre, chief of Tanay Disaster Risk Reduction and Management said the bus passengers were students of Bestlink College Novaliches and were en route to a camping activity in a resort in Tanay.

The bus, with plate number TXS-325, was rented from Harana Tours and had 50 passengers, Inofre said.

The accident is ongoing investigation.

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