The rescue team retrieve the bodies of the victims at the crash site in Mabinay, Negros Oriental. Photo: Handout.
Philippine: Fifteen people were killed while another two were injured on Wednesday after a truck plummeted down a ravine in the central Philippines, a rescue official said.
The vehicle was carrying people on their way to a livestock market on Negros Island, said Michael Cabugnason, a rescue official from Mabinay municipality.
"Witnesses said the truck went out of control towards the sharp bend of the road," he said, adding the mountainous area near Mabinay was a frequent scene of road accidents.
Of the 17 people onboard, only one passenger and the driver survived.
The driver was found drenched in motor oil in the wreck at the bottom of the ravine at least 50 metres below the road, Cabugnason said.
Source: AFP
菲律賓東內格羅斯卡車墜崖15人死亡
一名救援官員稱，週三，一輛卡車從菲律賓中部的一個峽谷墜落，造成 15 人死亡。
馬比奈市救援官員 Michael Cabugnason 表示，這輛車載著人們前往內格羅斯島的牲畜市場。
他說：「目擊者稱，卡車失控駛向道路急彎。」他補充說，馬比奈附近的山區是道路事故多發地。
車上17人中，只有一名乘客和司機倖存。
卡布納森說，司機在距離 道路至少 50 公尺的峽谷底部的殘骸中被發現，全身被機油浸透。 （法新社）
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