At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in road accidents in the run-up to Christmas, putting a dampener to the Filipinos’ celebration of the happiest season of all. Nineteen of the 29 passengers of the jeepney were killed outright. No Christmas dinnerIn North Cotabato, eight people traveling home to Arakan town were killed when the jeepney they were riding in fell off a cliff in President Roxas town on Christmas Eve. Sumagat said three of the passengers died at the crash site. Hit-and-run victimIn Quezon province on Christmas Eve, 16-year-old motorcyclist Adrian Velasco Manalo was killed in a hit-and-run accident along Maharlika Highway at Tiaong town, police said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 25, 2017 23:15 UTC