LOOK: Bus tire explodes as it travels on NLEX

Bus tire explode_ Buenasher Transport Corporation

A tire of a provincial bus explodes while it travels along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Photo from the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic

A tire of a provincial bus exploded as it negotiates the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) on late Wednesday afternoon, the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (IACT) said.

Fortunately, no one got hurt during the incident.

Passengers alight the bus after its tire explodes while travelling along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Photo from the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic

Passengers alight the bus after its tire explodes while travelling along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Photo from the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic

The IACT said it has yet to get to the bottom of the issue that caused the tire of the Buenasher Transport Corporation bus to explode, as of this posting, but some passengers claimed the overloading of the vehicle could have led to it.

A tire of a provincial bus explodes while it travels along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Photo from the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic

But NLEX enforcers have already been deployed to the area — near Meycauayan Exit — to manage the incident, the IACT noted.  /kga

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