The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Thursday said it has issued a Show Cause Order (SCO) against the driver and the registered owner of a modern jeepney which figured in a fatal road accident that left two people dead and 18 other people injured in Calumpit, Bulacan on Tuesday, 14 January.

LTO chief, Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II said the conduct of a thorough investigation into the matter would shed light on the circumstances that led to the death of the driver and passenger of a tricycle that was reported to have been rammed by the modern jeepney.

“First, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of the two people who lost their lives as a result of this unfortunate incident. We assure them that we in the LTO would do everything within our power to bring justice,”  Mendoza said.

“In the conduct of investigation, we want to know if there were lapses committed on the part of the driver and on the part of the registered owner in terms of keeping the modern jeepney road worthy,” he added.

Based on the initial investigation, the modern jeepney was travelling along Mac Arthur Highway in Barangay Iba O Este, Calumpit town when the driver allegedly noticed that the brakes of the Hyundai Truck Bus with Plate No. NIF 2746 were not working.

According to police report, at around 2 p.m., the MPUJ allegedly made an overtake and by doing so, it crashed into an oncoming tricycle. 

The impact threw the two vehicles off the bridge, killing the tricycle driver and one of the three tricycle passengers.

Among those injured were two tricycle passengers and the jeepney passengers, who were mostly students.

The driver of the MPUJ was identified by the police as Orlando M. Dungan Jr. while the vehicle is owned by Carmexss Jeepney Transport Service Cooperative.