DINGALAN, Aurora, Nov. 10 (PNA) -- Two persons died while some 30 others were hurt when a six-wheeler truck from Nueva Ecija bound for a beach party here overturned along the national road in Barangay Caragsacan here Tuesday morning.
Inspector Dexter Thompson, town police chief, identified the fatalities as Leah Lino, 52, and Marcelo Vasquez, both of Barangay Diversion, San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija.
Thompson said the truck with license plate WGR-360 and driven by Fernando Milla, 33, also of Barangay Diversion, San Leonardo, was loaded with some 40 people, including children, and negotiating a curve portion of the road when the accident happened at about 10:30 a.m.
He said the victims were to celebrate at the beach the victory of Jess Alcantara, who won as councilman of Barangay Diversion in the Oct. 25 election.
Aside from Alcantara, also with the group were newly-elected councilman Francisco Flores and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairman-elect Ardy Gamboa, 17. They all survived.
Barangay Captain Ferdinand Gamboa, who was in a separate car, immediately came to the rescue and sought help of the townsfolk, police said.
The victims were rushed to the Dingalan Community Hospital (DCH) which recommended immediate transfer to Cabanatuan City hospitals for patients with serious injuries.
Nymfa Bautista, DCM chief nurse, said Lino was dead on arrival at DCH.
Other patients, she said, have severe injuries. (PNA)
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