6 killed in Laguna multiple-vehicle crash

Six victims were killed and 14 were injured in a 17-vehicle crash on Saturday night in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna, according to a report on Super Radyo dzBB on Sunday.

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Police Superintendent Eugene Orate, Sta. Rosa chief of police, said the incident occurred at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night at the Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road in Barangay Sto. Domingo when a 14-wheeler trailer truck, coming from Tagaytay City and carrying steel, lost control.

The truck then bumped 16 vehicles, two motorcycles and one tricycle then hit a bakery and a house.

"Kung makikita niyo itong Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay Road, diretso naman ho ito. 'Yun nga lang, downhill po ito kaya mabilis po talaga ang impact ng nangyaring collision po dito," Orate said.

The victims were rushed to the hospital for medical attention. 

Among the fatalities was a mother and her two children aged one and two, who were staying at the boarding house.

Also killed were the two passengers of the tricycle and one worker at the bakery.

"Narinig na lang namin na may sumalpok kaya paglabas namin puro na alikabok 'yung nakikita namin. Pero 'yung ano du'n, boarders ko nagsigaw na, 'tulong, tulong.' Eh 'di naman namin makita kaagad kay gawa ng sasakyan na nakaharang kaya hinintay pa namin mga rescue na darating," said Rina Paglumutan, owner of the boarding house. 

Orate said a manhunt has been launched for the trailer driver who managed to escape after the incident.

Witnesses said the driver jumped out of the trailer truck before it hit the bakery and the house.

Orate said they have a person of interest already as they were able to recover an ID of the driver inside the vehicle. 

Also recovered inside the trailer truck was the official receipt and certificate of registration of the vehicle. —Cecille Villarosa/DVM/KG, GMA News