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MANILA, Sept. 6 Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 12 others injured in a road accident in the Philippines Wednesday, police said.
Police officer Jeffrey Punzalan told the local radio DZBB that five people died when a jeepney rammed into a post at past 6 a.m. on a highway in Kawit, a town in Cavite province south of Manila.
He said the 12 injured passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital.
The jeepney, which traces its roots to the U.S. Willys jeep used by the U.S. army during World War II, is ubiquitous in the Philippines. It is the cheapest mode of mass transport for Filipinos across the archipelago.
