9 hurt as bus slams into truck in Isabela

Nine persons, including three Chinese, were injured early Friday when a passenger bus slammed into a trailer truck along the national highway in Barangay (village) Laurel in Cordon town, police said.

The Cagayan-bound Florida Bus, driven by Pablo Antonio Jr. of Sta. Teresita, Cagayan, struck the rear portion of the truck that was parked on the road shoulder.

Injured were Antonio, his conductor, Jun Gahondran, and Natividad Pacleb, Ronulfo Cabillan, Bonifacio Ibarra, Teresita Ibarra, Zhu Shu Bo, Ling Liyang and Wang Yong Seng, all passengers.  Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon