2 dead, 2 hurt after truck falls off ravine in Albay

PIO DURAN, ALBAY – Two persons were killed while two others were injured after a truck loaded with coco lumber fell into a ravine here on Wednesday afternoon, police said Thursday.

Chief Inspector Joseph Abel Jarabejo, police chief of Pio Duran town identified those killed as Celpops Encisa, 35, of Polangui, Albay and Ronie Nova of Pio Duran. Police said the two were instantly killed after their truck fell into a 30-meter deep ravine at around 2:30 p.m.

Injured were passengers May Encisa, 35, and Diogracias Perillo ,47, police said.

Jarabejo said the truck that was driven by Celpops was going to Barangay (village) Basicao from Barangay Maonon in Ligao City when if fell into the ravine.

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