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(Eagle News) — Isang pampasaherong bus ang nahulog sa bangin sa Barangay Bagong Silang, Tagkawayan, Quezon nitong Martes. Sampu ang nasugatan sa aksidente na naganap kaninang hatinggabi. Sangkot sa aksidente ang AB Liner Bus na may body number na 3088. Ayon sa mga pasahero, nawalan ng kontrol ang nagmamaneho ng bus habang binabaybay nila ang Quirino Highway. Ayon pa sa kanila, ang konduktor, at hindi ang driver na si Herbert Umali, ang nagmamaneho ng sasakyan […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A bus carrying tourists from a US cruise ship to an archaeological site on Mexico’s Caribbean coast crashed Tuesday after running off the road, killing at least 11 people including several foreigners, the state government said. The crash, which left another 20 injured, happened on a highway in the state of Quintana Roo, located on the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula and well known as home to the resort city of […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Driverless buses will appear on some roads in Singapore from 2022 as part of plans to improve mobility in the land-scarce city-state, its transport minister said Wednesday. Singapore has so far avoided the massive traffic jams that choke other Asian cities like Manila and Jakarta by imposing road tolls, spending massively on public transport and becoming one of the world’s most expensive places to own a car. It now plans to […]
by Theo Merz Agence France Presse At least 16 people were killed on Friday when a train slammed into a bus that had broken down on a level crossing east of Moscow, authorities said. Uzbekistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement that 19 Uzbek citizens had died in the crash, but Russia’s Investigative Committee reported a lower figure. The accident occurred before dawn on Friday near the town of Pokrov, some 110 kilometres (70 miles) […]
by Ralf ISERMANN Agence France-Presse MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – Up to 18 people were feared killed Monday in one of Germany’s worst road accidents after a tour bus carrying pensioners burst into flames in a collision with a trailer truck, police said. “Thirty passengers were taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries. The others are believed to have died in the burning tour bus,” which had been carrying 48 people, police said in […]
ATLANTA, United States (Reuters) – One person was killed and at least 21 were injured on Thursday (June 8) when a bus chartered by a church youth group overturned on a major road southwest of Atlanta, Georgia, local media reported. The bus is from a Huntsville, Alabama, church, WSB-TV reported. Forty people were on the bus when the accident occurred, the TV station reported. At last one other vehicle was involved in the crash, local […]
BAREILLY, India (Reuters) – At least 22 people died and 15 others injured in India’s northern Bareilly city on Monday (June 5), after a bus collided with a truck and immediately caught on fire. The bus belonged to Uttar Pradesh State Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) and was on the way to Gonda from New Delhi. Authorities have not been able to identify any of the bodies. According to local media, the truck was seized but the […]
by Christophe Beaudufe and Emmanuel Barranguet Agence France Presse DORTMUND, Germany (AFP) — Three explosions rocked the Borussia Dortmund bus, injuring Spanish international Marc Bartra, as the German team headed for a Champions League game against Monaco on Tuesday. Bartra faces wrist surgery after being hit by flying glass and the quarter-final match was postponed until Wednesday because of the attack. The club said the other Dortmund players were “shocked” but safe. “We are assuming […]
ROXAS, Palawan (Eagle News) – Nahulog ang isang pampasaherong bus sa malalim na bahagi ng kalsada sa National Highway ng Brgy. Malcampo, Roxas, Palawan. Ayon kay Raymund Bundal, driver ng bus, habang binabagtas umano nila ang daan pabalik sa Roxas ay bigla umanong may nag-cut na shuttle van. Nakabig aniya niya ang manibela dahil sa kaniyang pagkabigla kaya bumangga ang sasakyan sa guardrails ng kalsada. Tuluyan na rin aniyang nawalan ng kontrol ang sasakyan kaya humantong […]
by Amelie BARON Agence France Presse GONAIVES, Haiti (AFP) –A bus speeding away from a hit-and-run accident plowed into dozens of street musicians in northern Haiti on Sunday, killing 34 people, officials said. Seventeen people also were injured in Gonaives, a city of some 300,000 people located about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of the capital Port-au-Prince. “First, the bus plowed into two pedestrians, killing one of them, and injuring the other,” Marie-Alta Jean Baptiste, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Fashion shows are frequently staged in opulent, grandiose settings, but one designer chose Monday to make her New York catwalk debut on a school bus parked on a snowy street. Amanda Mehl sent models sashaying down the narrow aisle of a standard American yellow school bus in vertiginous gladiator-style laced-up stiletto boots in school girl cool, all short skirts and hoodies. And where did she choose to park it? […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Paris began its first experiment with driverless buses on Monday, with city officials saying they were eager to prepare for the coming “revolution” of autonomous vehicles. Two box-shaped electric vehicles capable of carrying around 10 people have been deployed — within the safety of a special lane — on a bridge connecting two railway stations to the east of the city centre. “Autonomous vehicles represent a revolution for every city on […]
