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House probe on Leomarick mishap sought as death toll rises to 35

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Quezon City Fifth District Representative Alfred Vargas has filed a house resolution seeking an investigation into the road tragedy involving Leomarick Trans bus in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija.

In his resolution, Vargas says, he wants to find out if reports are true that the passenger bus was overloaded.

The vehicle has a total capacity of 45 but local reports say, it was carrying a total of 79 passengers.

The number of fatality has risen to 35 as of Thursday.

This is based on the report of Francis Joseph Reyes from the Office of Civil Defense-Region 2.

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44 persons were injured in the accident.

Reyes says, many of them are still in a hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU).

 

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