(CMR) At least 17 people were killed and several others injured after a passenger bus lost control on a downhill curve in a central Philippine mountain village and plunged into a ravine.
The bus was carrying dozens of people when its brakes failed in the central province of Antique on Tuesday afternoon, Reuters reported
Seven people were in critical condition while four were stable and recovering, local governor, Rhodora Cadiao, told a press conference.
Cadiao said the bus was traveling to Culasi in Antique from the neighboring province of Iloilo when its brakes malfunctioned on a winding road, and it plunged 30 meters (98.5 feet) into the ravine.
“We call that area the killer curve. It was already the second bus that fell off there,” Cadiao told DZRH radio station.
Rescue operations at the site have stopped after all visible bodies were retrieved, the government said.
Dozens of rescuers, including police, army troops, and provincial emergency responders, worked to extricate the victims from the wreckage. They used stretchers and ropes to bring the victims up the ravine in an hours-long rescue that dragged late into the night, the Associated Press reported.
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