20 killed, 44 injured after truck rear-ends bus in Philippines, causing several crashes

(Bullit Marquez/ Associated Press ) – Workers sift through the wreckage of a passenger bus after getting involved in a seven-vehicle pile up along the highway at Atimonan township, Quezon province, about 115 kilometers (72 miles) southeast of Manila, Philippines Saturday Oct. 19, 2013. A truck, seen in the background, carrying hog feed smashed into the rear of a passenger bus on a remote downhill provincial road in the Philippines early Saturday, setting off a series of wrecks that left at least 20 people dead and injured 44 others, police said. The bus driver lost control of his vehicle after the first collision and hit two buses and four vans coming from the opposite direction before toppling over on the narrow downhill road in Quezon province, police chief Jonar Yupio said.

(FOX News)  MANILA, Philippines –  Police in the Philippines say at least 20 people were killed and 44 others injured when a truck smashed into the rear of a passenger bus on a remote downhill provincial road, setting off a succession of crashes.

Atimonan town police chief Jonar Yupio says the bus driver lost control of his vehicle and hit two buses and four vans coming from the opposite direction before toppling over, pinning many of the victims. Four children, the truck driver and his assistant were among those killed.

Yupio says it was raining when the accident occurred early Saturday morning, shortly past midnight.

He says there have been about five other accidents on the narrow downhill road in Quezon province, about 115 kilometers (72 miles) southeast of Manila.