Passenger bus falls off Skyway

[sugarkane]

Passenger bus falls off Skyway—police
By Karen Boncocan
INQUIRER.net 11:39 am | Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 2share6 3
MANILA, Philippines – A passenger bus fell off the Skyway Tuesday morning, police said.

Inspector Jenny Tecson, Southern Police District spokeswoman, said their men rushed to the area after receiving information about the accident.

No other details are available as of posting time.

Aren't the railings supposed to be sturdy enough? Dapat di yan bibigay kahit high impact.

[shadow]

via twitter...hinde ko alam paano mag post ng link from twitter..sorry

5 male passengers in bus that fell off Skyway rushed to Parañaque district Hospital, 2 of them critical according to Hospital sources.

[Monseratto]

The bus is operated by DimpleStar Bus line according to radio reports. Also a 6 car pile up occured in the EDSA-Ayala tunnel. Involved are 2 buses and 4 closed vans. South bound traffic has been closed between Magallanes and Makati. Expect heavy traffic...

[Benzmizer]

Update on Skyway accident: Bus driver has died; conductor and 2 passengers injured and in the Hospital

[meledson]

sa skyway mismo or sa ramp ng skyway nahulog? saan banda?

[shadow]

West service road bumagsak. sa may Marcelo daw..kung saan man yun





via Kara David's twitter...

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Dapat meron signage sa mga roads "stupidity kIlls"

[chua_riwap]

hinangin? laki nung bus, nadala ng hangin? ano yan malakas na ipu-ipo?
lokohin nilang lelong nilang panot!

over speeding yan! tapos nawalan ng control.

[badsekktor]

ayos sa palusot

[niky]

Kitang kita sa video... they were overtaking, so they were definitely going quickly. The problem is, there's no time counter on the Skyway videocameras, so there's no way to extrapolate the speed.

I'd say they were likely going around 100+. Even if they were going "just" 100, that's way too fast for the conditions, even if it's not legally "speeding".

Note the rear tires? In the videos, they don't seem to have much rear tread. That should figure into the investigation, because if the tread of the rear tires is too low, then a heavy crosswind will easily push the bus off-line once it hits a puddle.

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But I disagree that the Skyway accepts no culpability there. Those of us who've driven that portion know what a piece of crap it is. Lumpy surfacing, wavy surface... soft vehicles tend to "boat" over it like crazy. It's definitely dangerous.

Add to that the fact that the railing is incorrectly designed, and then bordered by movable barriers that can punch a vehicle's nose up and over the railing...

[valvura]

It seems there nothing wrong with the railing, the fact that the concrete part is still intact. Philippine bridge design is based from AASHTO (US) including the railings. If you want the railing to withstand impact, imagine the size of concrete impact BARRIERS you find before entering a toll gate, you have to put the same on the side of the bridge (skyway or viaduct). It will substantially increase the cost of construction. Kahit sa movies, common ang vehicles falling from a bridge. It could only be the fault of either the driver or vehicle's integrity.