2014 Mountain Province bus accident

Bus accident in Bontoc, Philippines 2014 Mountain Province Bus Accident Ph locator mountain province bontoc.png Bontoc, Mountain Province the town where the accident occurred. February 7, 2014 Sitio Paggang, Talubin, Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines Philippines GV Florida Transport 14, including Tado 32 The 2014 Mountain Province Bus accident was a bus accident that occurred when a GV Florida bus fell off a road in Sitio Paggang, Talubin, Bontoc, Mountain Province of the Philippines. The accident occurred on February 7, 2014.Comedian Tado among 14 dead in bus crash in Mt. Province | News | GMA News Online Fourteen people were killed and more than 32 people were injured. Comedian Tado and two more artists died in this accident. Accident The accident occurred in Barangay Talubin, Bontoc, Mountain Province at around 7:20 am http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/02/07/1287766/comedian-tado-dead> The bus was traveling on the Mountain Province when it fell 100 to 120 meters deep off the mountain. As a result, 14 people were killed and 32 were left injured. Two foreigners, a Dutch and a Canadian national, were among the casualties. Visual artist Gerard Baja, musician David Sicam, and comedian Tado were also killed in the accident.rappler.com Those who sustained injuries were brought to the Bontoc General Hospital. The driver was among those injured while the bus conductor was killed. The passenger bus involved was a DMMC Aero Adamant with body no. 206 and is mounted on UD Nissan Diesel RB46S platform. Investigation Mountain Province Senior Superintendent police chief Oliver Emmodias said mechanical problems and a defect in the vehicle could have been the cause of the accident. Aftermath Sanctions The Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) imposed a 30-day preventive suspension to 186 of its franchised units on February 10, 2014.http://motioncars.inquirer.net/30455/tado-crash-buscompany-gets-plates-back-this-week 'Tado' crash bus company GV Florida gets plates back this week The Court of Appeals lifted the suspension in June 2014, citing grave abuse of discretion from the LTFRB, which found no "violations or willful and contumacious refusal to comply with the rules or regulations" but suspended the bus company anyway; on the same decision, the court affirmed the cancellation of certificates of public convenience to 10 other Florida buses.Aning Jerome 2014-06-29 Suspension of bus firm in Tado Jimenez’s death lifted https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/615209/suspension-of-bus-firm-in-tado-jimenezs-death-lifted 2022-09-20 INQUIRER.net en Commemoration On July 6, 2014, an artwork called "Every Bus is a Bus Full of Dreamers" was painted in front of the Sampaloc GV Florida Transport terminal.Mural in memory of G.V. Florida bus crash victims taken down over ‘grave threats’ | News | GMA News Online References External links 2017-04-23 Yet another bus crash https://opinion.inquirer.net/103401/yet-another-bus-crash-2 Philippine Daily Inquirer Gascon Melvin 2015-03-03 A year after bus crash, a crusade for road safety https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily-inquirer-1109/20150303/281621008794055 Philippine Daily Inquirer Pressreader Category:Bus incidents in the Philippines Category:History of Mountain Province Category:February 2014 in the Philippines Category:2014 disasters in the Philippines Category:2014 road incidents in Asia