LA TRINIDAD, Philippines — At least 14 people, mostly elderly villagers, died when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while the van was traveling on a winding road, sending it down a ravine in a mountain province in the northern Philippines, police said Wednesday.

Twenty-four other passengers, including the driver, were injured in the accident Tuesday afternoon in Balbalan town in Kalinga province, said police Chief Superintendent Rolando Nana.

Most of the dead were retired villagers in their 60s and 70s returning home after collecting their government pension from a bank.</s>At least 14 dead as Philippine passenger van falls off cliff

LA TRINIDAD, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police say at least 14 people have died when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while cruising a winding road, sending it down a ravine in a northern mountain province.

Police Chief Superintendent Rolando Nana says 24 other passengers, including the driver, were injured Tuesday afternoon in Balbalan town in Kalinga province. Some of the dead were poor elderly villagers returning home after collecting government cash dole-outs from a bank.

Police say 13 passengers were pinned to death while one other died on the way to a hospital after being retrieved from the 80-meter (262-foot) deep ravine.

Road accidents in the region have been blamed on weak enforcement of traffic rules, poorly maintained public transport and long-neglected upland roads.</s>LA TRINIDAD, Philippines (AP) — At least 14 people, mostly elderly villagers, died when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while traveling on a winding road, sending it down a ravine in a mountain province in the northern Philippines, police said Wednesday.

Twenty-four other passengers, including the driver, were injured in the accident Tuesday afternoon in Balbalan town in Kalinga province, said Police Chief Superintendent Rolando Nana. Most of the dead were retired villagers in their 60s and 70s returning home after collecting their government pension from a bank.

Thirteen passengers were pinned to death while another died on the way to a hospital after being retrieved from the 80-meter-deep (262-foot-deep) ravine, police said.

Deadly road accidents in the region have been blamed on weak enforcement of traffic rules, poorly maintained public transport and long-neglected upland roads dangerously perched beside deep ravines.</s>LA TRINIDAD, Philippines — Philippine police say at least 14 people have died when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while cruising a winding road, sending it down a ravine in a northern mountain province.

Police Chief Superintendent Rolando Nana says 24 other passengers, including the driver, were injured Tuesday afternoon in Balbalan town in Kalinga province. Some of the dead were poor elderly villagers returning home after collecting government cash dole-outs from a bank.

Police say 13 passengers were pinned to death while one other died on the way to a hospital after being retrieved from the 80-meter (262-foot) deep ravine.

Road accidents in the region have been blamed on weak enforcement of traffic rules, poorly maintained public transport and long-neglected upland roads.

Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</s>Supercars bruiser Shane van Gisbergen has bad news for the rest of the field heading into the Enduro series.

The championship leader sees the dominant ZB Commodore taking more names over the month of long-distance racing ahead.

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"The gap to third is 300 points or so and at the weekend there's 300 up for grabs. Anything can happen."</s>ROLESVILLE, N.C. (AP)  At least two people have died and 11 others were hurt in a wreck involving a church van in North Carolina.

The wreck was reported about 5:30 p.m. Sunday near Rolesville, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of Raleigh.

The Highway Patrol says a van from First Missionary Baptist Church of Smithfield hit a deer and lost control. Investigators said the van sideswiped a van before colliding head-on with a sports utility vehicle.

The driver of the SUV, 62-year-old Deborah Powell of Roxboro, died at the scene.

A passenger in the church van, 84-year-old William Henderson Clayton also died at the scene.

Five passengers from the church van were taken to WakeMed, and six others were taken to the Duke University Medical Center.

No word yet on possible charges.</s>Of the 14 people who died in the incident, 12 are named in a preliminary report

BAGUIO, Philippines – At least 14 elders from Balbalan town in Kalinga died Tuesday, September 11, when their overloaded truck fell into an 80-meter ravine in Barangay Dangaoan.

According to Kalinga chief of police Superintendent Alfred Dangalin, the elders were on their way to Poblacion to get their retirement pension.

About 70 persons were on board the truck, initial reports said.

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14 people died and 24 others were injured when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while the van was traveling on a winding road in northen Philippines.