Asia-Pacific
32 killed in series of road crashes in Philippines
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-03-10 13:52
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MANILA, Philippines - Members of a wedding party, worshippers visiting Catholic churches and Korean workers were are among the dead from various fatal road crashes in the past six days in the Philippines, police said.
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A day earlier, two South Korean and five Filipino workers died when their van collided with a passenger bus traveling on the opposite side of the road in northern Bataan province.
On Saturday, 12 pilgrims returning from a visit to various Catholic churches died when their bus hit a tree in northern La Union province.
Poor vehicle maintenance and bad roads are blamed for many accidents in the Philippines.
