ZAMBOANGA CITY: A policeman’s son is missing after their jeep overturned while trying to cross a flooded spillway in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said.

Officials said the policeman, PO1 Nemesio Batingal, and 12 other passengers, survived the accident which occurred in the village of San Jose in Mahayag town. The jeep was also loaded with bags of fertilizers when strong river current swept the vehicle.

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