LTFRB summons owner, driver of truck in fatal Marikina crash

  

MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) issued a show cause order against the owner and the driver of the truck in the Marikina City crash that left three dead and 10 injured.

The incident took place on Thursday evening along Fortune Avenue after the truck’s brakes malfunctioned, rolled backward and overturned.

“[T]he show cause order specifically asks the truck company to justify why their CPC (certificate of public convenience) must not be suspended or revoked for employing a reckless driver, noting that the incident resulted in deaths and physical injuries,” the LTFRB said in a statement on Saturday.

“Failure on the part of the company and the truck driver to explain within the prescribed period and appear at the hearing will be considered a waiver to be heard, and the case shall be submitted for resolution based on the records of the LTFRB,” it added.

A CPC is required under LTFRB rules to operate a truck-for-hire service.

The truck company in question got its CPC in July 2021, according to the LTFRB.

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Apart from the truck, the incident involved five other vehicles, the Marikina City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office previously said.