A lawmaker has backed the filing of criminal raps to the owners and operators of public utility vehicles (PUVs) in cases of injuries and deaths caused by road accidents.

Rep. Sherwin Gatchalian of Valenzuela City, a stalwart of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, made the call on Thursday in light of the death of 18 people and injury to 20 others as a result of a speeding Don Mariano Transit bus flying off from the Skyway in Parañaque City en route to jamming a van along the South Luzon Expressway.

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