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Death toll in Benguet road mishap rises to 13

Dennis Carcamo - The Philippine Star
September 10, 2014 | 1:11pm
MANILA, Philippines - The death toll in the road mishap in Benguet  on Tuesday afternoon  rose to 13.
 
Quoting the Cordillera police, a radio report said Wednesday one of the four wounded passengers who figured died while confined in a hospital.
 
Earlier reports said that eight of the passengers of a Ford Fiera, most of who  are students of Poblacion National High School, were instantly killed while four others died while being rushed to a hospital.
 
Initial investigation showed that the vehicle was cruising the ascending portion of the road on Bangbangayen, Buguias, Benguet, around 4:30 p.m. when three of the students told the driver to stop.
 
The engine of the vehicle died, sending the Fiera backing down the slope and plunging into a 100-meter ravine.

BANGBANGAYEN

BENGUET

BUGUIAS

DIED

FIERA

FORD FIERA

FOUR

POBLACION NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

QUOTING THE CORDILLERA
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