UPDATE: 20 killed as truck falls off cliff in South Cotabato

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:36:25 +0000

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / In this photo taken by Michael Acas and downloaded from the facebook account of Rolly Aquino shows rescue workers inspecting bodies of passengers of a flatbed truck that fell into a ravine in T’Boli town, South Cotabato province,in southern island of Mindanao on September 17, 2019. – Fifteen people, including children, were killed on September 17 in the southern Philippines when a flatbed truck they were riding in plummeted into a ravine, police said. (Photo by Michael Acas / Rolly Aquino / AFP) / EDITORS NOTE – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / ROLLY AQUINO” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – NO ARCHIVES DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS — NO ARCHIVES —

TWENTY people were confirmed dead after a flatbed truck fell off a ravine near T’boli, South Cotabato province on Tuesday.

The vehicle was carrying about 30 people from a beach party at a neighboring town and were on their way home when the driver lost control of the vehicle causing the accident at 10:30 a.m. in Barangay Lamsalome near T’boli town.

“Based on eyewitness accounts, the truck lost its brakes. We will conduct further investigations on the actual cause,” T’boli town police investigator George Tabayan said.

The dead included children aged between one to six years old, with at least 11 other people rushed to hospital due to their injuries.

Investigators are still trying to determine the real cause of the accident.

READ: 15 killed as truck plunges into ravine in South Cotabato

AFP WITH DARWIN PESCO

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