BOKOD, Benguet November 12 – Two occupants of a mini-dump truck loaded with cement were injured after their vehicle encountered mechanical trouble and fell off a 30-meter ravine at sio Ansodeng, barangay Ambuclao here around 4:30 pm Tuesday.
Superintendent Cherry Fajardo, public information officer of the Police Regional Office (PRO) in the Cordillera, identified the injured truck occupants as Vincent Marquez Urbano, 20, single, truck driver and a resident of Dupax del Norte, Nueva Viscaya and his helper Conro Okasa Meno, 20.
Initial police investigation showed that the truck was supposed to delivered cement to barangay Tikey, Bokod, Benguet and upon reaching the area, the driver sensed that the steering system of his vehicle was not working until the vehicle plunged into the ravine.
Responding police operatives rushed the victims to the Baguo General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) for medical treatment while investigation is still underway on the real cause of the accident.