Fifteen persons, including four minors and the driver, on their way home from an outing, were injured when their jeepney fell into the drainage in Sitio Arceo, Brgy. Alangilan in Bacolod City, at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Injured were Al Dobrea, 38, Ana Marie Perolino, 31, Melindi Fernandez, 75, Lezel Magos, 40, Xenia, 36, Owen, Christina, 65, all surnamed Tayapad, and all of Brgy. Calumangan in Bago City, Negros Occidental, police records show.

Asuzena Loveno, 70, Jennifer, 40, and Kristel, 21, both surnamed Arroyo, Zarina Tolic, 42, all of Brgy. 10 in Victorias City, also in the province, and four minors aged 8, 11, 1, and 12, also sustained injuries, the police said.

Some of the victims were brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, and some to the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital, Police Officer 2 Sonny Pesales, traffic investigator of the Police Station 5, said yesterday.

Investigations showed that the rented jeepney of the victims, with plate number FWZ 915, driven by Dobrea, was travelling west of Sitio Arceo when its brakes malfunctioned.

Dobrea lost control of the steering wheel and the jeepney fell into the drainage, Pesales said.

He said the victims were on their way home from the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.

Meanwhile, Dobrea, who was released from the hospital yesterday, was detained at the Station 5, Pesales added.*SGG

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