2 dead, 18 injured as truck falls off cliff

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Another road mishap in Isabela claimed the lives of two persons and left 18 others injured when a 14-wheeler truck fell into a ravine in San Guillermo town yesterday morning.

One of the fatalities, Irene Carbonel, failed to jump off the truck before it plunged into the 20-meter ravine along the provincial road in Barangay San Mariano Sur.

Senior Inspector Charlemagne Tabije, San Guillermo police chief, said the other fatality, Eduardo Ancheta, was pinned by the truck as he was grazing his farm animals below the cliff.

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