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A firefighter works to rescue the occupants of one of five vehicles crushed by a trailer truck in an accident along Fortune Avenue in Marikina City on Wednesday night. — Photo from the Marikina Filipino-Chinese Fire Brigade Volunteers MANILA, Philippines — Three people were killed and 10 others were injured in a collision that involved six vehicles along Fortune Avenue in Marikina City, its disaster risk reduction and management office (DRRMO) said. The incident occurred late Wednesday night after a trailer truck lost control on the avenue’s inclined slope, according to a report from the Marikina City Police Station.
The truck hit a compact car, a sedan, a sport utility vehicle and two passenger jeepneys, and left three people dead and 10 others injured, Marikina DRRMO chief Dave David said in a radio interview over dzBB on Thursday. The vehicles were traversing the eastbound lane of Fortune Avenue, Marikina police said. “According to the driver of [the truck], the vehicle lost its brake mechanism, causing it to roll backward uncontrollably,” the police report explained.
“It continued in reverse until the trailer chassis and the carried container overturned and crushed [three vehicles]. The sudden backward motion triggered a chain-reaction collision involving [two more vehicles],” it added. READ: 3 hurt in Manila crash after car hits concrete barrier The driver of the truck was taken into the custody of the Marikina police while awaiting inquest proceedings on multiple charges of homicide with physical injuries and multiple damage to property.
The victims were brought to the Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center, also in Marikina City. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy .
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