ILOILO City – Nine people on board a van were hurt during a crash at the bridge in Barangay Aganan, Pavia, Iloilo.
Police identified the victims as personnel of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
Darryl Contrador, Charmagne Matta, Emerlita Quisada, Larcy Reyes, Jaime Hilig, Mayrose Advincula, Juan Paolo Porras, Atty. Queencel Gamboa, and Celine Eunice Abueg sustained bruises.
They were taken to the St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo in this city after the incident at around 11 p.m. on Sunday.
Contrador was driving the van on their way to this city when he lost control of the vehicle as they negotiated the slippery highway, said Chief Inspector Fernand Limbungan, Pavia police chief.
The van then crashed against the center island. Witnesses told the police the vehicle was speeding./PN
