Eyewitnesses told the Indian press that the driver of the vehicle had tried to run her overonce they got her off the bus, but she was saved by her friend who later recanted the story to police, saying he was attacked with iron rods on board the vehicle.
Apparently Cojuangco didn't bother to alert the most powerful man in the Philippines, President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, that he was taking over the beer and food company he had oncerun.