RODRIGUEZ, Rizal – A 62-year-old woman was killed while 21 persons were injured after the public utility jeepney they were riding rammed into Elf truck here last Tuesday.
Initial investigation revealed that the jeepney came from Commonwealth Market in Quezon City and was traversing the downhill slope of the road in Barangay San Jose before 10 p.m. when its driver apparently lost control of the vehicle and hit an Elf truck and landed on its side.
Police said the fatality was a passenger of the jeepney who was retrieved out of the public utility vehicle.
Traffic authorities said the injured were taken to the hospital as soon as they crawled out of the jeepney.
A passenger said if the PUJ did not hit the Elf truck, it would have fallen into a ravine and more passengers would have been seriously injured and could have resulted in more fatalities. (Nel B. Andrade)
