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Philippines: Vehicle washed away in flood, eight people died

Manila. Eight people, including a child, were killed when a passenger vehicle was swept away by a flood in the Philippines’ Rizal province on Saturday. The police gave this information on Sunday.

Police told Xinhua that the accident happened at 9 pm local time on Saturday. A passenger vehicle carrying 25 persons was crossing a river while going from a village to a city.

Norberto Francisco Mateenzo, head of the Civilian Disaster Mitigation Management Office, said the vehicle got stuck in the middle of the river while crossing the river. Meanwhile, due to the strong current of flood in the river, the vehicle was washed away with water.

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