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15 killed, 48 injured in bus crash in Philippines

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

JULY 4, 2010 08:40

Philippines — Fifteen people were killed after the brakes on a speeding bus packed with passengers failed and the vehicle slammed into a concrete barrier in the central Philippines. Another 48 people were injured, police said Sunday.

The bus carrying mostly home bound factory workers was traveling at high speed Saturday in Cebu province when it lost its brakes while maneuvering a downhill curve. The driver crashed the vehicle into the cement barrier to avoid hitting a throng of pedestrians, police official Erson Digal said.

Most victims were killed inside the bus but five others died after being thrown from the vehicle on impact. The dead included a mother and son who died in an embrace, Digal said.

The injured bus driver was taken into police custody for questioning after receiving treatment.

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