Truck helper killed, 2 injured in Quezon bypass road accident

LUCENA CITY — A 24-year-old truck helper was killed, while the driver and a second helper were injured on Thursday after their vehicle reportedly suffered brake failure and overturned along the bypass road in Gumaca, Quezon. 

Quezon police on Friday (October 23) said the truck was carrying 200 plastic crates containing approximately 1,200 live chickens when it negotiated a descending but curved stretch of the road in Barangay Villa Arcaya at 7:10 a.m.

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The 36-year-old truck driver lost control of his brakes. The vehicle veered off the road and crashed along the roadside.

The driver and his two helpers sustained serious injuries and were rushed by local rescuers to a hospital. One of the helpers, however, was declared dead on arrival, police said. /coa