5 dead, 24 hurt in road mishaps

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Five people were killed while 24 others were hurt in road accidents in Kalinga and Isabela last Friday. 

This, as another passenger in the jeepney-truck collision in Cagayan last Monday succumbed to injuries the other day, bringing to 16 the death toll in the mishap.

In Kalinga, four people were killed after the truck they were riding turned turtle while negotiating a sharp, narrow curve in Tabuk City. 

At least 21 others were also injured, two of them critically. The victims, along with 45 others, were on their way to a faith healer in Tabuk when they met the tragedy.

Meanwhile, an Isabela trader, Bill Albert Torio, died from head injuries after his pickup rammed into a Lasam Transit bus in Alicia town last Friday night. – Charlie Lagasca, Artemio Dumlao