The children, all pupils of the Barangay Palueg Elementary School, along with their teachers and parents, were on their way home from a picnic at the Sta. Victoria Caves here when the vehicle lost its brakes, causing it to slam into a tree along the national highway in Barangay Allinguigan here.
Charged was driver Oscar Ulnagan, a resident of Barangay San Antonio here.
Meanwhile, in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, four people were killed and 14 others were hurt when the passenger jeepney they were riding in bumped into a trailer truck the other day. — Charlie Lagasca, Rene Alviar and Ed Amoroso