Truck falls off Halsema Highway; driver killed

BUGUIAS, Benguet – The driver of a mini dump truck was killed when the vehicle he was driving fell down a 350-meter high ravine here along the Halsema Highway April 9 around 12 midnight. 

Police said they received a call from a concerned citizen informing them a vehicle fell on a ravine in Pekew Poblacion so they went to the area and found the totally wrecked blue mini dump truck.

Initially, the responders did not see the driver making them them to conduct a search and around 7:50 a.m., they located the lifeless body of the driver along the river

The victim was named as Erwin Carlos Makin, 26, resident here of Barangay Natubleng. The vehicle with plate number RZL 277, witnesses said, was headed to Barangay Abatan when it fell down the ravine.