DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / August 15, 2008) – Fifteen people had been reported killed and more than a dozen others injured Friday after the truck they riding fell into a ravine in Compostela Valley province in the southern Philippines, reports said.
Police said the accident occurred near Monkayo town after the truck lost its brake and plunged deep into the ravine. It was not immediately known if there were women and children among those killed and injured.
The area is known to be prone to accident because of poor road condition. Many of the victims were hitchhikers and small town miners in Monkayo town, a known gold-rush area in Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
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