CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are looking into brake failure as the possible cause of the van crash that killed one person and injured three others, employees of the Pag-ibig Fund, in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, before noon on Thursday, July 23.
Based on the initial investigation by the Guihulngan City Police Station, the accident happened around 11:25 a.m. in Sitio Palao, Barangay Malusay, while the utility van was traveling from Guihulngan Heights toward the city proper after the team’s inspection in the area.
According to police, the driver told investigators that the vehicle allegedly suffered a brake malfunction while negotiating a curved portion of the road about one kilometer from where the trip began.
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The driver said he immediately alerted the passengers after realizing the brakes had failed.
