Baguio-bound van falls into ravine; six injured

SANTOL, La Union – Six passengers of a Baguio-bound Toyota Revo, including a three-year-old girl, were injured when the vehicle fell into a 400-meter ravine in Santol, La Union afternoon of Oct. 21.

Senior Insp. Paterno Oriña, Santol police chief, said the Toyota Revo, driven by Joseph Sappa, 33, lost its brakes while negotiating a mountain road between Barangays Camangga-an and Ramot.

Rushed to the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center in San Fernando City were Sozimo Pa-ing, 26; Noel Pay-sang, 26; Mercy Dumay-ang, 26; Sappa, his wife, Grace, 23, and their three-year-old daughter Aubrey.