The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) released on Monday a photo of Daniel Espinosa, the Universal Guiding Star bus driver in the road accident that killed journalist and University of the Philippines professor Lourdes "Chit" Estella-Simbulan along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Friday.
Aside from the photograph, the MMDA said nothing much about Espinosa, who they believe is hiding in Taytay, Rizal.
"Kailangan makuha natin si Ginoong Daniel Espinosa na alam kong maraming kaibigan nakikinig din ngayong oras na nagtatago yata sa Taytay, Rizal. Sana ay matapos ito within the day or in the next few days ng Quezon City police," MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said in an interview on dzXL radio earlier in the day.
Tolentino had also appealed to Espinosa's family and friends to provide information on the driver's whereabouts.
On Friday, Simbulan was declared dead on arrival at the General Miguel Malvar Medical Foundation Hospital after the taxi she was riding was nicked by a bus then rammed from behind by the bus driven by Espinosa.
Espinosa fled from the scene after the incident and now faces possible charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.
Simbulan’s remains will be cremated on Tuesday morning at the Arlington Memorial Chapel in Quezon City. — Emmanuel Loius Bacani/RSJ,
