BACOLOD CITY – Seven persons were injured when their truck loaded with onions plunged into a ravine in Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 20.
RESPONDERS provide assistance to seven persons injured after a truck loaded with onions plunged into a ravine in Barangay Igmaya-an, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental on Monday, March 20. (Photo courtesy of the Don Salvador Benedicto Municipal Fire Station)
Four of the victims were businessmen from Mindoro, police said.
Police said the driver lost control of the truck after the vehicle encountered mechanical trouble.
The truck hit the railings then fell into the ravine.
The driver and two others sustained serious injuries while the rest had minor injuries.