5 dead, 33 hurt in EDSA loading bay mishap

MANILA (UPDATE) – At least 5 people died after a bus hit a loading bay along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) in Magallanes, Makati City on Thursday morning. Makati City Police chief Col. Manuel Lucban Jr. said an Elena Liner Bus (TXN 191) rear-ended an MGP Trans bus (NXV 360) and hit several people at the loading bay of EDSA-Magallanes southbound lane. Four men and a woman who were waiting for a ride died in the crash, a doctor from the Ospital ng Makati who rushed to the scene confirmed. Lucban said the Elena Liner bus driver was one of those severely injured in the mishap. At least 33 were injured in the crash, including bus passengers who sustained bone fractures, according to Makati City Police. The accident snarled traffic in the area. The bodies of the victims were still in the area and one of the buses has yet to be removed from the road. As of posting time, only two lanes of the busy thoroughfare were passable. – reports from Dennis Datu and Dexter Ganibe, dzMM