Two-year-old among five dead in Camarines Sur road mishap

Police and rescuers inspect a passenger bus after it rammed into a cargo truck early Wednesday, April 16, 2014 along a highway at Libmanan township, Camarines Sur province, south of Manila, Philippines. Police said at least five passengers, including a child, were killed and 15 others were injured in the accident Wednesday which came as Filipinos flock to their hometowns for the Holy Week break. AP

MANILA, Philippines—At least five people were killed and 15 others were hurt  on Wednesday after a passenger bus rammed into a truck in Libmanan, Camarines Sur, police report said.

Police Superintendent  Vicente C. Marfori Jr., Chief of Police of Libmanan Police District told INQUIRER.net that the accident happened at 4:00a.mWednesday after a Bragais Liner bound for Legaspi City in Albay hit a truck that was parked along the highway of Barangay (village) Bikal.

Marfori said the victims were immediately brought to the nearest hospital for medical treatment.

Police identified the fatalities as Alexander Belen of Albay; Jason Purita, 23, of Albay; Cindy Garcia, 17, of Marikina and Arnelli Dacullo and his two-year-old son Mark Dacullo of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.

Their remains were laid at the Dondon Atienza funeral homes in Libmanan.

He said that the driver admitted that he had not seen the truck that was parked on the side of the highway.

He said that the bus driver and the conductor were invited at the police station for investigation.

On February, five were killed, while 46 were hurt in a head-on collision between two buses in Libmanan, Camarines Sur.

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