Manila - Six people were killed when a 10-wheeler truck lost
its brakes and rammed into more than a dozen vehicles before crashing
into a bakery in the Philippines, police said Sunday.
Fourteen people were also injured in the accident that occurred late
Saturday along a national highway south of Manila, in Laguna
province.
The victims - three children aged 1, 2 and 17, and three adults -
died at the site of the accident, said Senior Superintendent Eleazar
Matta, the provincial police director.
The driver of the truck escaped before police and paramedics arrived
at the site, Matta said.
Investigators said the truck apparently lost its brakes.
"The truck was too fast," said investigator Daniel Bahiwag. "The
other vehicles were caught in a traffic jam, when suddenly the truck
rammed into them."
Some of the vehicles struck by the truck also slammed into an
electric post, Bahiwag added.