15 killed after truck falls into a deep ravine

Fatal plunge: An aerial view of the road accident in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, where 15 people have died after a truck careered off the road and plummeted down a ravine in central Philippines. — AFP

Fifteen people died and two were injured when a truck carrying livestock traders veered off a winding road and plunged into a ravine 40 to 50m deep in central Philippines, said the provincial police.

“The driver lost his brake and lost control,” Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of Negros Oriental’s provincial police office, told DWPM radio station.