COTABATO CITY – Two soldiers were killed while another was hospitalized after a local government truck they were riding in fell into a 50-feet deep cliff in Arakan, North Cotabato Thursday afternoon, police said.
Chief Inspector Jun Napat, Arakan town police chief, withheld the identities of the soldiers, who belonged to the 19th Infantry Battalion, until their next of kin are officially informed.
Napat said the cargo truck was heading to the town proper from Barangay Dallag when the mishap took place. It was negotiating a downhill curve and the driver tried to avoid a collision with an approaching motorbike at past 4 p.m. in Sitio Kawayan, Barangay Meocan.
“Due to the wet and slippery road as it rained hard in the area that time, the dump truck skidded and plunged into a cliff,” he said.
A soldier was pinned to death while the other was pronounced dead on arrival at the Kidapawan City hospital.
Another soldier is now recuperating from bruises and minor injuries. (Edwin Fernandez/PNA)
