TUGUEGARAO CITY , Philippines – Six agricultural students were seriously injured when their jeepney overturned after trying to overtake a tricycle along the national highway in Gattaran, Cagayan last week, police said.
The students, all enrolled at the Cagayan State University in the Lallo campus, were on the jeepney’s roof when the driver, Isabela Llanto, 40, lost control of the wheel after attempting to overtake the tricycle.
The victims were identified as Geovanie Daraway, 18; Jaymar de la Cruz, 21; Kenneth de Leon, 18; Erwin Palos, 18; Levie Doque, 18; and Marcial Jacobe, 19.