ORMOC CITY– A big branch of a Gmelina tree falls at a passing passenger bus destroying the windshield of a vehicle in Jiabong, Samar on Monday (June 10).

The involved bus was a red color MR Clemacor passenger bus with plate number NAL 7212 which was on its way to Catbalogan City when the accident happened at about 4:45 pm along a national highway in Barangay Catalina of the said town.

Initial investigation conducted by responding police disclosed that the bus was traveling from Tacloban City en route to Catbalogan City.

And while passing a sharp curve, a large Gemelina tree branch accidentally fell on the bus, particularly in the frontal part of the vehicle.

Fortunately, the driver, the conductor, and all passengers were unharmed.

(ROBERT DEJON)