MANILA, Nov 18 (NNN-PNA) – Four people were killed and three others injured, after a 16-wheeler truck hit motorcycles, in the Philippine capital region, yesterday, local authorities said.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said, the accident occurred at 4:39 a.m. local time, in Pasig City, Metro Manila. Among the killed were a four-year-old boy and his parents, on board a motorcycle, while the other one was the driver of another motorcycle.
Police said that, three other people were injured, two of whom sustained fractures in the arms and ribs.
The driver of the truck, which was loaded with 1,000 sacks of rice, told the police that, he lost his brakes, and, as a result, the truck rammed into the motorcycles in front.
The police have detained the truck driver.– NNN-PNA
