BUTUAN: Fifteen of the 17 persons who perished in a road mishap in the Cotabato town of Antipas have been identified, the local police said Tuesday. Monday's tragedy burned alive most of the passengers of the van following a head-on collision with a dump truck fully loaded with sand in Barangay Luhong, police said. Capt. Godofredo Tupaz II, Antipas chief of police, told reporters on Tuesday said a male and a female have yet to be identified. The lone surviving van passenger, Rosario Reyes, a former barangay chairperson of Luhong, remains at the hospital. The local government has already distributed cash assistance to the families of the victims. Source: Philippines News Agency
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