3 dead in Batangas collision

MANILA, Philippines - Three persons, including an 82-year-old nun, were killed after their vehicle rammed into a cargo truck along the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) tollway in Malvar, Batangas yesterday morning, authorities said.

Police identified the fatalities as Flordeluna Espiritu, a nun at the Three Kings Parish Council; Jasmin Garcia Liwag, 35; and a certain Emily. Injured were their driver, Larry Mendoza Tumangan, 47, and Maribel Gervacio Sabat, 45. – Cecille Suerte Felipe, Arnell Ozaeta, Ed Amoroso