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Kenyan among 17 killed in Philippines bus crash

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo by Iloilo City Emergency Responders - ICER and USAR " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/12/06/20230906-ceres-bus-crash.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo by Iloilo City Emergency Responders - ICER and USAR</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Seventeen people, including a Kenyan national, died when a passenger bus careered off a road on a &quot;killer curve&quot; and plunged down a mountain in central Philippines, officials said Wednesday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/05/23/bus-nahulog-sa-bangin-sa-antique-17-patay">Bus nahulog sa bangin sa Antique; 17 patay</a></li></ul><p>The bus was travelling in Hamtic municipality in Antique province when the crash happened Tuesday afternoon, provincial disaster agency head Roderick Train told AFP.</p><p>Four Kenyan nationals were among the passengers, who were mostly residents of Antique, Governor Rhodora Cadiao told local radio station DZRH.</p><p>&quot;I call that place &#x27;killer curve&#x27;... it was already the second Ceres bus that fell off there,&quot; she said, referring to the bus company.</p><p>&quot;With the many number of deaths that road must be abandoned... and make another road to make that area safe.&quot;</p><p>The heavily forested ravine was around 30 metres (100 feet) deep, Cadiao said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2893721" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Seven people, including one of the Kenyan nationals, were in critical condition in hospital and four others were stable, Train said, describing the section of road as &quot;accident prone&quot;.</p><p>The condition of the other two Kenyans is not clear.</p><p>&quot;This is a mountain road, so the bus fell from a high place. That&#x27;s why the impact caused many casualties,&quot; Train said.</p><p>&quot;Based on the witnesses, it was a mechanical failure. The driver lost control, possible brake failure.&quot;</p><p>Cadiao visited the hospital where survivors were being treated for their injuries. She promised government assistance for medical and funeral expenses of victims.</p><p>Train said the search and rescue operation had finished and authorities would now focus on retrieving the bus.</p><p>&quot;We searched for the bodies until this morning,&quot; Train said. &quot;It was tiring to go up and down.&quot;</p><p>Deadly road accidents are common in the Philippines, where drivers frequently flout the rules and vehicles are often poorly maintained or overloaded.</p><p>pam/amj/ssy</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

Seventeen people, including a Kenyan national, died when a passenger bus careered off a road on a 'killer curve' and plunged down a mountain in central Philippines, officials said Wednesday.