Dimples Star Transport bus, Skyway bus accident kills 3; 'strong wind' blamed

Three people were killed while 4 others were injured after a
passenger bus fell off the Skyway at the South Luzon Expressway around
11 a.m. Tuesday.

The Dimples Star Transport bus with body number 7511 was on its way to
Alabang when it fell off the Skyway southbound lane and crashed 40
feet below onto the service road right before the Sucat exit.

Rescuers immediately extricated the victims and brought them to 2 hospitals.

Bus driver Hustol Juven Pampilon died at exactly 12:20 p.m. while
passengers Anthony Abarra, 21, of San Pedro, Laguna, and Lorenzo Gabu
of Antipolo died in the afternoon.

Rustico Jimenez, Parañaque Medical Center director, said Pampilon died
of massive bleeding and trauma to the abdomen. Abarra died due to
massive trauma to the head and a broken right hip.

Three other passengers -- Rene Mendez, 40; Geraldo Fisco, 37; and
Katherine Josol, 30 - are at South Superhighway Hospital.

Bus conductor Jonathan Alebar had the least number of injuries but
still underwent treatment at the Parañaque Medical Center.