A family lunch ended in tragedy in Barangay Pandanon, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, on Monday afternoon.
A truck plowed into a house where a family was eating, killing a mother and her one-year-old son, and injuring eight others, police said.
The victims were identified as 23-year-old “Judy” and her son “JB,” who was one year and ten months old.
The impact destroyed the house.
Two of the injured remain in critical condition at a hospital.
The six other injured individuals include two minors, the 58-year-old truck driver, and two of his passengers.
The truck’s occupants were all residents of Barangay Canlandog in Murcia town.
PMaj. Ellendie Rebusquillo, the DSB police chief, said the truck was traveling downhill when the brakes allegedly failed.
The driver panicked and turned off the engine in an attempt to stop the vehicle.
However, because the engine was off, the steering wheel locked, leaving him unable to steer away from the house, Rebusquillo added.*
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