METROBRIEFS

12 hurt as bus hits bus

TWELVE people were injured after a passenger bus lost its brakes and rammed another bus which had stopped at a loading bay at the corner of Edsa and Gil Puyat Avenue in Makati City at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. According to investigator PO2 Marte Caesar Bueno, the Ralph Benz Express bus with Fidel Enage Jr. behind the wheel was running on the southbound lane of Edsa when its brakes allegedly malfunctioned. It then crashed into the back of a Precious Grace Transport City bus which was picking up passengers at a loading bay. Renaldo Oñez, the driver of the Precious Grace bus, said the accident damaged the back portion of his vehicle, including the engine. He added that one of his passengers was injured although that person immediately left the scene. On the other hand, 11 passengers in the other bus suffered minor injuries and were brought for treatment to the Ospital ng Makati in Pembo. Jodee A. Agoncillo

Girl killed in Munti fire

A THREE-year-old girl died after she was trapped inside a burning house in Muntinlupa City on Tuesday afternoon.  The fire which killed Shandara Araos also injured three other people, destroyed around 20 houses, left at least 30 families homeless and damaged P700,000 worth of property, according to city fire marshal Chief Insp. Roderick Aguto. In a report, FO1 Arnel Autencio said that Araos was playing with her five-year-old brother inside their house on West Service Road, West Kabulusan I-A when the fire started at 2:42 p.m. The children’s uncle, Oscar Villantes, took Araos’ brother out of the house but when he came back for the victim, he found himself unable to get inside the house because the flames had already spread. Noli A. Ermitanio