MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Police say at least seven people have been killed and dozens injured after a truck fell into a ravine in the central Philippines after its brakes malfunctioned.
Regional police chief Ager Ontog says the government-owned dump truck was taking mourners to a funeral at a cemetery in Cebu province's Barili township on Thursday.
Local reports say the truck overturned and crushed some of the victims.
It was the third major road accident in Cebu with mass casualties this year.
At least 15 died when their bus slammed into a concrete barrier in July in Toledo city. A month earlier, a bus rented by Iranian medical students fell into a ravine in Balamban township, killing 21 people. Brake failures were also blamed for those accidents.
