23 teachers hurt in Nueva Ecija road accident

Twenty-three teachers were injured on Friday night when their jeep fell from a road slope in Nueva Ecija, police said.

The teachers from Barrera Elementary School had attended a wake in Laur town and were on their way to Cabanatuan City when the brakes of their jeep malfunctioned as it negotiated Sta. Rosa-Dingalan Road in Barangay (village) Maligaya in Palayan City, police said.

They were treated at various hospitals in Cabanatuan for multiple injuries.—Armand Galang, Inquirer Central Luzon

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