DFA: Six Filipinos killed, 21 others hurt in Japan bus accident

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said six Filipinos died and 21 others were hurt in a road accident in Japan over the weekend.

According to the DFA website, the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka reported that 12 slightly injured Filipinos who figured in a road accident in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture were discharged from the hospital.

The minibus driver, a Japanese citizen, was among the injured.

Nine other seriously injured Filipinos remain confined in six different hospitals, the DFA said.

The Filipinos, including one naturalized Japanese citizen, were on the way to work at the Sharp Kameyama facility.

The victims' minibus collided with a truck at an intersection at about 7:45 a.m. on Sunday.

Six passengers died in the accident. In a report by radio dzBB's Nimfa Ravelo, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration head Carmelita Dimzon identified the six fatalities as:


Randy Bayron Cornel

Alma Dula Adarlo

Remedios Bertoldo Cargullo

Ceferino Salengua Pedro Jr.

Mabini Bangi Paler III

Analou Pater Dogami

Philippine Consul General Maria Lourdes Lopez said five of the Filipinos died immediately, while the other died on the way to the hospital.

The victims were heading to a liquid crystal panel factory in the city when they met the accident.

Assistance for the victims

According to the DFA, the injured Filipinos are now in the hospital receiving treatment and are being assisted by Consulate General staff members.

Lopez is in contact with the local authorities in Mie Prefecture.

"The Consulate General is extending its full assistance to the victims and their families, and is coordinating with the DFA Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs for the repatriation of their remains and the extension of other assistance," the DFA said.

Citing initial reports, the DFA said the minibus was going through the intersection when it collided with the truck.

Police arrested the truck driver, Takao Moriwaki, 45, who was required to stop at the crossroad. — RSJ/VVP, GMANews.TV

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