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MANILA, Philippines — Six persons, including a two-year-old boy, were injured in a collision between a delivery truck and an ambulance in Barangay Lourdes, Quezon City on Tuesday afternoon.
According to a report from the Quezon City Police District’s Traffic Sector 1, an ambulance was traveling along Cordillera street when it hit an Isuzu Efl truck at around 1:55 p.m.
Closed-circuit television footage obtained by ABS-CBN showed the impact of the collision, which caused a motorcycle to be sandwiched between the two vehicles.
Couple Argie and Neslie Almazan, who were on a motorcycle, were injured along with their two-year-old child.
Also injured were the ambulance’s driver Juan Paolo Marcelino and his passenger Jeremy de la Cruz as well as truck driver Geilbert Bilar.
The victims were brought to the East Avenue Medical Center for treatment.
Investigators said the ambulance was not transporting a patient at the time of the accident.