Ten killed as bus rams vehicles at Philippine toll gate

Police told AFP the driver of the bus admitted falling asleep at the wheel before the crash near Luzon island’s Tarlac City. -- PHOTOS: PHILIPPINE RED CROSS/FACEBOOK

MANILA (AFP): Ten people were killed and another 37 injured when a bus ploughed into vehicles waiting at a toll gate in the northern Philippines on Thursday, police said.

The bus set off a chain reaction involving multiple stopped vehicles after first slamming into a sports utility vehicle, authorities said.