VP Binay’s back-up car falls off road near Banaue; 4 hurt

(Updated 5 p.m.) Four people were hurt after a back-up vehicle of Vice President Jejomar Binay fell off the side of a road and into a ravine near Banaue in Ifugao province on Friday morning.

Binay was on his way to Banaue to turn over medical supplies and inaugurate a senior citizens' building when the accident happened, according to an advisory from the his office.

Senior Superintendent Edwin Butacan, director of the PNP Cordillera Regional Highway Patrol Unit, said the vehicle, a Toyota Fortuner, plunged into the ravine 15 meters deep and rested on a creek.

Photographer Roman Campita, one of those hurt, sustained a shoulder injury that still needs to be treated in Manila.

The other injured passengers were Sgt. Danilo Tamo, the driver; Sgt. Alexander Sicat; and Corp. Alexander Solis. They were treated at the Good News Clinic and Hospital in Banaue.

"Our personnel from Ifugao who were deployed coordinated with the local police for the conduct of investigation," said Butacan. — Andreo Calonzo/KBK, GMA News