Eight killed and four injured in brake failure crash in central Philippines


MANILA (Xinhua): Eight people were killed while four others were injured after a vehicle lost its brakes, rolled off the road, and plunged into a rocky vacant lot in Negros Oriental province in the central Philippines, police said on Sunday.

According to police, the crash occurred on Saturday morning as the vehicle was traveling down a downhill slope on its way to a cemetery in Ayungon municipality.

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