Vendor killed, 13 hurt in Manila fire-truck crash

A street vendor was killed and 13 others were injured, seven of them children, after a fire truck crashed into a row of stall at the corner of Angel Linao and Pedro Gil Streets in Manila's Paco district Saturday afternoon.

According to a report from radio dzBB's Roland Bola, the brakes of the Southern Manila Volunteer Fire Brigade fire truck allegedly failed.

PHOTOS: Truck ng bombero, nawalan ng preno at inararo ang bangketa sa Linao St. Paco, Maynila; Apat ang sugatan. pic.twitter.com/Ac9d6i19nh

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) August 30, 2014

The injured were rushed to the Philippine General Hospital for treatment.

The truck driver, described as a 35-years-old, was beaten up bystanders but police arrived and intervened. — Joel Locsin/DVM, GMA News