1 dead, 6 injured as PNR train crushes jeep in Sampaloc

(Updated 7:44 p.m.) At least one person was killed while six were hurt after a Philippine National Railways train hit a passenger jeep in Manila's Sampaloc district Monday afternoon.

The jeep was crushed and dragged several meters after being hit at the corner of Tuazon and Algeciras Streets, radio dzBB's Cecilia Villarosa reported.

Police are checking whether the jeep was speeding when it was hit by the train.

However, residents in the area could not immediately say if the jeep was moving too fast because they only heard the impact before seeing the jeep, which was left a total wreck, being dragged by the train.

But police also noted the driver, initially identified as Ronald Valdez, 39, reeked of liquor - indicating he may have been drunk at the time of the accident.

Jeep, nakaladkad ng tren sa Maynila; hindi bababa sa lima, isinugod sa ospital. | via @CecilVillarosa pic.twitter.com/KKAjyXBHLK

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Valdez faces possible charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and multiple serious physical injury, and driving under the influence of liquor.

The injured were brought to a nearby hospital. — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News