ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – At least seven persons were killed while eight others were wounded when a passenger van crashed into a truck in Titay town, Zamboanga Sibugay Friday night.
Initial investigation showed that the van with plate number JVJ-276 and the truck were traveling at opposite directions when the vehicles collided at Purok Fortune in Barangay Poblacion at around 10:30 p.m.
Police Inspector Mujib Haijula, Titay police station commander, said the truck came from Oroquieta in Misamis Occidental and bound for Ipil town.
Haijula said the truck was trying to avoid a vehicle while passing through a dark corner when it collided with the van head-on and burst into flames.
The fatalities were identified as Joel Villamor, the driver of the van; Carmela Billones; Estarlito Despi Sr.; Delia Espina and her niece, Diamay Espina; Antonio Gantalao; and Froilan Dimasuhod, the truck driver.