17 hurt as jeepney turns turtle in Kalinga

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QUEZON, Isabela — Seventeen people were injured Sunday when a passenger jeepney lost its brakes while negotiating a downhill curved road in Lubuagan town in Kalinga province.

In an interview on Monday, June 24, Police Captain Ruffy Manganip, Kalinga police information officer, said three of the wounded are in critical condition after they figured in the accident at Sitio (sub-village) Balangabang in Dangoy village. He did not specify the time of the incident.

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The jeepney came from Uma village and ferried 17 passengers to Tabuk City when it lost its brakes. It was overloaded which caused the driver to have difficulty negotiating the road.

Manganip said this was the first reported crash, a non-accident-prone area in recent years.

The jeepney driver, whose name was withheld, has been under police custody. A case for multiple serious physical injuries and less serious physical injuries is being readied against the driver, Manganip said.