TRAGIC. Antipas Mayor Cristobal Cadungon (right, in black hat) visits a funeral parlor at the Cotabato town on Monday night (March 25, 2024) to meet with the families of the victims of a road accident that killed 17. All but one of the passengers of a van died after it collided with a dump truck earlier in the day. (Photo courtesy of Antipas LGU)
BUTUAN CITY – Fifteen of the 17 persons who perished in a road mishap in the Cotabato town of Antipas have been identified, the local police said Tuesday.
Monday's tragedy burned alive most of the passengers of the van following a head-on collision with a dump truck fully loaded with sand in Barangay Luhong, police said.
Capt. Godofredo Tupaz II, Antipas chief of police, told reporters on Tuesday said a male and a female have yet to be identified.
The lone surviving van passenger, Rosario Reyes, a former barangay chairperson of Luhong, remains at the hospital.
The local government has already distributed cash assistance to the families of the victims. (PNA)
