By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
MANILA (Worthy News) – The Philippines, already reeling from deadly earthquakes, saw more suffering Wednesday as 17 people died when a passenger bus careered off a road and plunged down a central mountain, officials said.
The bus was carrying dozens of people when its brakes failed in the central province of Antique on Tuesday afternoon, the local governor, Rhodora Cadiao, told reporters.
Cadiao said the bus was traveling to Culasi in Antique from the neighboring province of Iloilo when its brakes malfunctioned on a winding road, and it plunged 30 meters (98.5 feet) into the ravine.
The bus drove on an “accident-prone” section of road in the Hamtic municipality of Antique province when the crash happened, added Roderick Train, head of the provincial disaster agency.
Seven people were reportedly in critical condition in the hospital, and four others were stable. “This is a mountain road, so the bus fell from a high place. That’s why the impact caused many casualties,” Train said.
“We call that area the killer curve. It was already the second bus that fell off there,” Cadiao added in an interview with DZRH radio station.
Rescue operations at the site have stopped after all visible bodies were retrieved, the Antique government said.
The crash underscored broader concerns about deadly road accidents in the Philippines, where drivers frequently flout the rules and vehicles are often poorly maintained or overloaded.
It came after the Philippines was already dealing with the aftermath of several earthquakes that killed at least three people and injured several more. The tragedies prompted Christians in the heavily Catholic nation to urge for prayers.
Copyright 1999-2026 Worthy News. This article was originally published on Worthy News and was reproduced with permission.
Latest News from Worthy News
A Dutch community remained in shock Saturday after a 13-year-old girl was detained following the discovery of her parents’ bodies in their home in the northern Netherlands.
Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a 90-day state of emergency Saturday, empowering the military to clear road blockades after nearly 50 days of anti-government protests that have included widespread road blockades, leaving at least 14 people dead and crippling the nation’s economy.
A powerful thunderstorm system sweeping across Western Europe killed at least one person in the Netherlands, injured several others in Belgium and Germany, and caused widespread damage as nearly 190,000 lightning flashes illuminated the skies, authorities said Saturday.
Israeli strikes killed at least 10 people in Lebanon on Saturday despite a ceasefire that took effect hours earlier, officials said, with Israel claiming it was responding to attacks by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire that was to begin Friday afternoon, Worthy News learned.
At least 10 people, including four children, were injured in a Russian strike on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian authorities said Friday. In southern Ukraine, the State Emergency Service reported that one person was killed and four others were injured in a separate Russian attack on the Odesa region.
President Donald Trump signed the temporary peace deal with Iran ahead of schedule Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles in France, kicking off negotiations over a final nuclear deal.