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BAGUIO CITY — Five people, including two children, were killed after a six-wheeler truck carrying 39 passengers overturned Thursday morning along the Cong. Andres Acop Cosalan National Road in Barangay Poblacion, Kabayan, Benguet, authorities said.
The truck figured in the accident at Sitio Guay in Poblacion after suffering an alleged mechanical failure, according to the Kabayan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO).
The MDRRMO said it received a report about the incident at 10:07 a.m. from a concerned citizen.
Emergency responders arrived at the scene eight minutes later and rushed the victims to the Kabayan Rural Health Unit.
