At least 3 children died and 13 others were injured in a road accident after an Isuzu Ford Fiera fell off 10-meter deep mountainside garden in Sitio Naduguan, Baculungan Sur village in Benguet on Friday afternoon, May 12, 2017.
Siblings Leo Adel Tullabang, 9, and Jay-ar Adel Tullabang, 10, and Fred Elmer Quinio Bagni, 14, who were rushed to the Lutheran Hospital in Abatan village were pronounced dead on arrival.
According to a report of Inquirer.net, the Tullabang brothers are from Bolinao village in Tabuk City, Kalinga province while Bagni is a resident of Pozorrubio town in Pangasinan province.
The casualties were sons of farm workers who were working as a vegetable grower in a mountainside garden in the village.
56-year-old Menargon Wakit Quintos, the driver of the Isuzu Ford Fiera said he lost control of the brakes which led to his vehicle fell off the ravine.
The 13 others who were injured were admitted to Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital. However, their identities have not been revealed as of posting.
The vehicle which they boarded was supposed to deliver vegetables to a vegetable trading post in La Trinidad Benguet. The children and injured were reportedly riding on the vehicle’s roof.
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