By FROILAN GALLARDO
Special Correspondent
ILIGAN City–A platoon of Army Scout Ranger, fresh from the fighting in Marawi City, cheated death when the bus they were riding nearly fell into a 200-meter ravine in Barangay Maria Cristina here on Wednesday.
Their team leader, Capt. Carlo Ireberi, said the driver of the Rural Transit Mindanao bus was negotiating the downhill portion of the highway when the brakes malfunctioned.
“The course of action left for the bus driver was to ram an electric pole and finally a tree,” Ireberi said.
The downed pole with its live electrical wire caused a minor traffic jam along the Marawi-Iligan highway.
Ireberi said the near-death experience shook many of his troops who were going home after spending five grueling months fighting in Marawi.
“It would be unlucky for us if somebody died or was injured after surviving Marawi,” he said.
The Scout Rangers, who also were new graduates, were going home after the termination of hostilities was declared.
Aside from the rangers, the Marines have also gone home aboard BRP Tarlac in Iligan City.
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