6 dead as car plunges into cliff in Sarangani

COTABATO CITY , Philippines —  Six travelers, two of them children, died when the car they were riding plunged into a cliff along the national highway in Barangay Nagpan, Malungon town in Sarangani on Thursday.

Capt. Akmad Omar Diocolano, Malungon police deputy chief, told reporters yesterday that the victims were on their way home to Mati City in Davao Oriental after visiting some relatives in General Santos City.

The Malungon Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office identified the fatalities as car driver Jay-Ar Mandawan, Querubin Luchavez, US national Ernesto Moseya, Mary Ann Lupian and her two preschool children Quirvie and Quizia.