At least 16 people were injured, two of them in critical condition, in a road crash involving three vehicles in Manticao, Misamis Oriental.

Based on investigation, a bongo truck crashed into the rear of a trailer truck while a sports utility vehicle (SUV) trailing behind also crashed into the bongo truck.

Because of the impact, 16 passengers of the bongo truck sustained injuries.

“Ang nakakuha gyud og serious nga injury kaning usa ka lalaki nga sakay sa likod sa maong bongo truck, ang babae nga anaa sa passenger side sa bongo,” Police Regional Office-Northern Mindanao (PRO-10) Spokesperson, Major Joann Navarro, said.

PRO-10 said the 14 other passengers of the bongo truck and the driver and passenger of the SUV are safe.

Authorities said the bongo truck came from Cagayan de Oro City and was heading to Iligan City direction when it crashed into the trailer truck allegedly parked illegally by the road.

“Ang kani man gud dalan is straight lang, though naka-illegaly park ang trailer truck sa outer lane. Supposedly unta, wala unta’y naka-park dinhi. So far, ginahulatan sa atong investigator kung kinsa ang mopasaka og kaso,” Navarro added.