14 commuters seriously hurt in vehicle crash

COTABATO CITY — Fourteen commuters were seriously injured in a high-speed vehicle crash in a busy highway in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao the other day.

Traffic probers said the victims, mostly students, were on their way here from Parang, Maguindanao when their overloaded vehicle, an airconditioned Tamaraw FX, sideswept a parked jeepney and turned-turtle.

The driver, of the ill-fated vehicle, Bapah Andong, was said to have ignored warnings by his passengers for him to slow down when they noticed he was overspeeding.

Andong was himself seriously hurt in the accident.

The 14 passengers of Andong were rushed to different hospitals here for medication. — John Unson