THIS ten-wheel wing van truck was one of three vehicles involved in a smashup in General Santos City Thursday, August 4. (General Santos City police traffic unit FB)
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Ten persons died in a three-vehicle pile-up in General Santos City Thursday, August 4.
Killed were Lalaine Joy
SAVING SURVIVORS. Rescue workers try to save survivors of the highway mishap Thursday in Barangay Batomelong, General Santos City. The number of persons killed in the three-vehicle crash rose to 10 Friday (August 5, 2022) after another victim died in the hospital. (Photo from GenSan Traffic Enforcement Unit) KORONADAL CITY - The number of persons who died in Thursday's three-vehicle pile-up in General Santos City rose to 10, as another patient succumbed Friday while undergoing medication at a hospital. Col. Paul Bometivo, General Santos City police chief, said Friday the accident's death toll now six others were injured and confined in various hospitals. Involved in one of the city's worst highway mishaps were a 10-wheeler wing van truck, a passenger Hi-Ace van going to General Santos City, and a Ford Raptor pickup truck, Bometivo said. Bometivo said the left rear tire of the Toyota van exploded negotiating an uphill curve in Barangay Batomelong, causing the accident. "
Three more persons who were hospitalized for the injuries they sustained in a road accident in this city on Thurday have died, raising the death toll to 10.