19 killed in road collison in northern Philippines

At least 19 people were killed while 25 others injured on Monday when a passenger jeepney collided with a bus in a northern Philippine province, police have said.

Chief Insp. Roy Villanueva, police chief of Agoo town in La Union province in Luzon, said the collision happened when a jeepney on the southbound lane of the Manila North Road collied head on at about 3:30 a.m. Monday with a bus on the northbound lane when it was about to overtake another vehicle.

A total of 19 of the 29 jeepney passengers were killed in the collision, while 15 bus passengers suffered minor injuries, Villanueva told reporters.

Villanueva said investigators are still in the process of identifying the victims. He also said that the youngest killed in the accident was a seven-month-old baby.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)