Wedding that turned into Tragedy

A wedding has turned into a tragedy when the truck carrying guests to the wedding fall down a ditch at Bauko, Mt. Province last Saturday. Five people were reported dead and 38 injured on the said accident.

The Isuzu Elf truck, carrying the passengers, was cruising a section of the Halsema Highway in Sitio (settlement of ) Lukib in Barangay (village) Monamon Sur, Bauko, when its driver lost control of the vehicle around 7:45 p.m.

The truck fell into an 80-meter-deep ravine, killing Feliza Lagenio, Salvador Palag-oc, Caroline Lartec, Efren Bucasan and Dominga Angdasan.

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Superintendent Englebert Soriano, spokesman of the Cordillera police, said the 38 injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Baguio City, Benguet and Mt. Province.

Soriano said the truck driver, Tomas Magadia, survived and was taken into custody by the Bauko police.

Police and PDRRMC reports said it was raining and the highway was blanketed by heavy fog when the accident happened.