3 dead, 7 injured in Quezon road crash

FATAL ENCOUNTER  Three van passengers died and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle collision on Maharlika Highway, Barangay Talisay, Tiaong, Quezon, early Sunday morning.  TIAONG MPS PHOTO

Three people died and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle crash on Maharlika Highway, Barangay Talisay, Tiaong, Quezon before dawn on Sunday, local police said.

  Initial investigation showed that the accident happened around 3:30 a.m. local time along a highway in Tiaong town when a van attempted to overtake a vehicle, sideswiping another southbound vehicle and colliding with a northbound passenger bus in the opposite lane.

  The three deaths, including a nine-year-old boy, were passengers of the van, police added. Seven other van passengers were injured.

  There were no reported casualties from the other vehicle and passenger bus. Xinhua