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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The death count in the road accident involving a six-wheel cargo truck fully loaded with beachgoers that lost its brakes in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental has reached 11 as of Thursday, the police said. Two of the three latest fatalities - added to the initial count of eight who died on the spot - were girls who were rushed to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in this city after battling severe injuries when the truck they were riding overturned due to a brake malfunction on Wednesday morning. In a telephone interview, Staff Master Sgt. Rogel Pabatao, the investigator at the Balingasag municipal police station, said a Mitsubishi Canter truck, driven by Junryl Cagmat, was on its way to a beach resort in Lagonglong municipality of the same province when it lost its brake in Purok Baga-ay, Barangay Baliwagan, Balingasag. He said the beachgoers consisted of two trucks going to their destination on Wednesday. "According to the driver, the ill-fated truck lost its ....
The victims were mostly village workers with children from Claveria town who were supposed to join a post-Christmas party of their barangay at a beach resort in Lagonglong town ....
RESCUE. Residents of Barangay Baliwagan in Balingasag town of Misamis Oriental province attempt to rescue the remaining victims trapped in a six-wheeler truck on Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2022). Initial police reports revealed the truck had a brake malfunction that led to the death of eight passengers. (Image courtesy of Christine Jane Ayunar) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Eight passengers died while several others were injured after the six-wheeler truck they were riding lost its brakes in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental on Wednesday morning. In a report to the provincial tactical operations center, Patrolman Alan James R. Cantano Jr. said police found the eight already dead when they arrived at the site in Purok 6 Bagaay, Barangay Baliwagan, Balingasag. He said the truck carried passengers from Claveria, Misamis Oriental to Lagonglong town of the same province when the accident took place around 9:30 a.m. "Upon reaching the above-mentioned place of the incident (in Balingasag), the vehicle's ....