5 dead, 12 injured as truck plunges into Pangasinan ravine

CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Five workers of a solar farm construction company died Tuesday night while several others were injured when the mini-dump truck they were riding in plunged off a mountain trail into a ravine in Labrador town in Pangasinan.

According to Labrador police chief Capt. John Ramos’ report, the driver of the dump truck allegedly lost control of the vehicle due to a brake system malfunction. This caused the vehicle to rapidly descend the trail and sideswipe a pickup truck that was also traversing the mountain road.

The pickup truck skidded into the road shoulder, with the driver unhurt.

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The fatalities are 39-year-old and 36-year-old residents of Barangay Bolo, Labrador, and three from Barangay Magtaking Bugallon – aged 25, 36, and 47.

The five were declared dead on arrival by attending physicians at the hospital.

Twelve others sustained injuries in different parts of their bodies – six of them from Labrador, one from Lingayen, two from Bugallon, one from Aguilar, one from Bataan province, and one whose address has not been known yet.

The youngest of the injured is an 18-year-old resident of Labrador, while the oldest is 57, from Bugallon.

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The police are still identifying the other victims.

The initial police report said the accident happened past 6 pm on Tuesday, when the driver of the dump truck, along with 25 passengers, lost control of the vehicle, bumped a pickup packed with 12 passengers along the way, before plunging into a ravine.

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The dump truck was ferrying workers from the Hunan Construction Engineering Group working at the solar farm being constructed in the mountain barangay. The pickup, on the other hand, belonged to China Communication Services Philippines Corporation./coa

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