CAMP FLORENDO, San Fernando, La Union: Twenty passengers of a privately owned jeepney were killed after it collided with a passenger bus along the national highway in Barangay San Juan, Agoo town in La Union at 3 a.m. on Christmas Day.
Nineteen died on the spot while one succumbed at the hospital; 24 others were still being treated for serious injuries, Agoo police station head Chief Insp. Roy Villanueva said.