Exercise 2

COPYREADING AND HEADLINE WRITING

Name ________________________________ School Paper _______________________

School ________________________________ District ___________________________
School Paper Adviser ____________________ Principal __________________________

Directions: Read the article carefully, then copyedit using appropriate copyreading
Write a two-line head as indicated.
News Headline: ( col, 48 points, TNR , downstyle )

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paglinawan says driver joel Bacus, he is thirty seven claimed bus the loss each breaks and

he cold no longer control the steering wheel the th bus was on it’s way too baclaran from

bulacan at around 9 a m wheen incident happen. POlice officer 2 Ferdinand paglinawan

the of QC trafficsector 2 identify the fatality as michael francia, he is thirty two years old

of Saint catherine st. in bgy. holy Spirit. Francia was reportedly croossing Don Mariano

marcos avnue when a Rubino Elena bus (pwZ-900) struck him.A thirty two year-old man

was kill & fourteen others injured a when a speeding bus rammed a mla. Electric Co. post

in bgy. north Fairview Quezon city yesterday morning.

The victims death waas brutally, paglinawan tells The STAR an in interview. Apparently,

he was hit buy the bus theen dragged and pin between the bus and the wall of a building

which was smash after the concrete meralco post split due tothe impact paglinawan said.

The mishap, paglinawan further said also cause power shortage in the area.

13 passengers of the bus ssustains bruises and abrasions and were brought to a nearbyy

hospital. Passersby who witness the incidents felt nothing but pity to the victim.

Bacus which sustain wounds his in right feet was also bring the to hospital even

as he hewere placed under the custody ofthe QC Traffic Sector 2. he will be charge with

reck less imprudence reesulting indamage to property with multiply physical injury and

homicide.

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19April2009
Bus rams power post; 1 dead, 14 hurt

A 32-year-old man was killed and 14 others injured when a speeding bus rammed a Manila Electric
Co. post in Barangay North Fairview, Quezon City yesterday morning.

Police Officer 2 Ferdinand Paglinawan of the Quezon City Traffic Sector 2 identified the fatality as
Michael Franca, 32, of St. Catherine street in Barangay Holy Spirit. Franca was reportedly crossing
Don Mariano Marcos Avenue when a Rubino Elena bus (PWZ-900) struck him.

“The victim’s death was brutal,” Paglinawan told The STAR in an interview. “Apparently, he was hit by
the bus (then) he was dragged and pinned between the bus and the wall of a building, which was
smashed after the concrete Meralco post split due to the impact.”

Paglinawan said driver Joel Bacus, 37, claimed the bus lost its brakes and he could no longer control
the steering wheel. The bus was on its way to Baclaran from Bulacan at around 9 a.m. when the
incident happened.

The mishap, Paglinawan said, also caused a power outage in the area.

Thirteen passengers of the bus sustained bruises and abrasions and were brought to a nearby hospital
for treatment, the investigator said.

Bacus, who sustained wounds in his foot, was also brought to the hospital even as he was placed
under the custody of the Quezon City Traffic Sector 2. He will be charged with reckless imprudence
resulting in damage to property with multiple physical injuries and homicide.