9 killed, 1 hurt in fiery road accident in Cavite
At least nine people, one of them a two-year-old child, died a fiery death after a truck delivering liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) rammed an eatery in Cavite province before dawn Wednesday. Police and witnesses said some 550 LPG tanks exploded after the truck carrying them went out of control and hit an electric post, following an attempt to overtake another truck. âGaling kami sa Rosario, Cavite, at papunta kami sa pier ng Batangas para papunta sa Occidental Mindoro. Parang naano, nagbasyo ang preno. Pag overtake namin sa trailer, nakaiwas siya, nakakita siya ng maiwasan pag overtake bumigay ang kargada namin, naputol ang tagiliran tumilapon ang karga namin," truck helper John Eric Esmelia said in an interview on dwIZ radio. (We were heading for Batangas pier to get to Occidental Mindoro. We just overtook a trailer truck when our vehicleâs brakes failed. We managed to avoid hitting other vehicles until we crashed and our LPG cargo fell from the truck.) Esmelia and fellow helper Jun Espartero were arrested and detained at the police station, even as police look for truck driver Merco Lachica and fellow helper Joel Ocawan. Wednesdayâs incident occurred less than 24 hours after a sport-utility vehicle crashed in Dasmariñas City, killing seven people and injuring five. [See: 7 die, 5 hurt in predawn Cavite road accident]
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