17 people killed in Philippines bus crash

Seventeen people died and 11 were injured when a passenger bus careered off a road on a "killer curve” and plunged down a mountain in the central Philippines, officials said yesterday.The bus was travelling in Hamtic municipality in Antique province when the crash happened on Tuesday afternoon, provincial disaster agency head Roderick Train said.Seven people were in critical condition in hospital and four others were stable, Train said, describing the section of road as "accident prone”.One Kenyan national was among those killed, and a second Kenyan was among those critically injured.Governor Rhodora Cadiao earlier told radio station DZRH there were four Kenyans on board the bus that was carrying mostly residents of Antique.Local police later clarified there were only two. Another body was still being identified. "I call that place ‘killer curve’...it was already the second Ceres bus that fell off there,” said Cadiao, referring to the bus company."With the many number of deaths that road must be abandoned...and make another road to make that area safe.”The heavily forested ravine was around 100 feet deep, Cadiao said.