THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended for 30 days the operation of a bus company after one of its units rammed the barriers of the EDSA Busway in Quezon City last Sunday.
LTFRB Chairman Vigor Mendoza II said on Monday a show-cause order has been issued against Partas Transportation Co. Inc., the owner of the bus that figured in the ramming incident.
Mendoza said the agency “will be looking at either employment of reckless drivers or the workload of the drivers. We want to know all the details, and this will come out during the course of the investigation.”
The initial report showed that the driver of the bus, which was coming from EDSA–Quezon Avenue flyover and heading toward Timog Avenue, allegedly fell asleep.
Mendoza said Partas was asked to explain why its franchise should not be canceled, and was also ordered to have the involved driver undergo a road safety seminar and drug test.
