Three more people have died in a deadly collision between two passenger buses in Pamplona, Camarines Sur early Tuesday, bringing the death toll up to 11.
Radio dzMM reported that three of the 30 injured passengers brought to Bicol Medical Center were declared dead hours after the freak accident.
Earlier reports said eight people died after two buses collided along a highway in Barangay San Ramon in Pamplona town around 3 a.m.
Police investigations said a Silver Star bus from Tacloban City took the lane of a speeding Executive Carrier bus from Manila, causing the smash up.
Three of the fatalities were passengers of the Executive Carrier bus and the other five were occupants of the Silver Star bus.
The names of the fatalities were not immediately available.
The police were still investigating the incident. With dzMM
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