Manila: A passenger bus in the central Philippine province of Antique crashed off a cliff, killing at least 25, according to local media.
Just before 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday in Hamtic town, the 53-person bus crashed into a concrete road barrier before plummeting into a ravine. The bus was going west from Iloilo City to San Jose de Buenavista in Antique province.
The deaths include the bus driver and his collector, Xinhua news agency reported, citing local news web ABS-CBN.
Quoting the Antique provincial government, Panay News, a regional newspaper, reported that two critically wounded passengers, including a male from Kenya, were taken to a hospital in Iloilo City for treatment.
Emergency workers are rescuing the survivors and retrieving the bodies of the people in the ravine.
With inputs from IANS