BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — A passenger bus bound for a northern city collided with a southbound jeepney in Agoo in La Union province early Monday, killing at least 20 people and hurting 24 others. A Partas bus was on its way to Laoag City, Ilocos Norte when it collided with a jeepney in San Jose village, Agoo, La Union, killing 20 of the 29 passengers that the jeepney was carrying, Chief Insp. The jeepney was on its way to Pilar village in Baoang town, he said, when the accident happened at around 3:30 in the morning. We are still looking for the possible case of the accident," Villanueva told dzMM radio. The accident in La Union happened at the peak of the country's holiday rush as many try to make it home for the Yuletide season.

Source: Philippine Star December 25, 2017 03:33 UTC