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CAGAYAN, Philippines – Forty-three students were injured when a truck carrying them bumped into a roadside barrier in Sta. Teresita town in Cagayan on Tuesday, May 26.
Sta Teresita Mayor Lolita Garcia said the students, all from the Cagayan State University, were on board the truck for a tree-planting activity around a newly-discovered cave in town. The students initiated the project.
Garcia said the truck met mechanical glitches.
“Pasalamat na lang at mabagal ang takbo ng driver kaya naman walang grabeng nasugatan,” she said. (We’re thankful that the driver was not driving fast, so the impact was not strong and did not injure the students much.)
Garcia said that the local government unit paid for the medical bills of the students. She apologized to the parents.
The town chief of police said the students were brought to the Alfonso Ponce Enrile Memorial District Hospital in nearby town for treatment.
“But two students, including high school student Vanessa Tactac, needed to be brought to Tuguegarao to further examine their head injuries,” town police chief PSI Garry Matagay told Rappler in a phone interview. – Rappler.com
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