Multiple vehicular accidents snarl traffic on Edsa
A van collides with a bus on Edsa-Reliance causing heavy traffic in the area Tuesday morning. ERWIN AGUILON/RADYO INQUIRER 990AM
Six vehicular accidents along Edsa caused heavy traffic along the perennially congested thoroughfare during Tuesday’s morning rush.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said that at 4:37 a.m., a van and a bus figured in an accident on the southbound lane of Edsa-Reliance. Nearly two hours later, two cars were also caught in an accident on the same stretch of Edsa.
At 6:16 a.m., the MMDA recorded an accident involving a car and a cab on the southbound lane of Edsa near the Boni MRT station. The fourth accident happened an hour later, on the southbound lane of Edsa-Quezon Avenue, involving a car and a motorcycle.
On Edsa’s northbound lane, a car and a motorcycle also figured into an accident at around 7:23 a.m. on Edsa-Shaw Boulevard. Just 16 minutes later, two cars were caught in an accident on the southbound lane of Edsa-Monte de Piedad.
The MMDA called on motorists to take alternate routes for them to avoid the traffic snarl so as not to further exacerbate the problem.
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