Eleven people were killed when a truck collided head-on with a UV Express van in Camalig, Albay, on Wednesday morning, November 26, 2025.
Of the 13 people aboard the van, only two survived, Camalig Mayor Carlos Irwin “Caloy” Baldo said in a Facebook post. The van was traveling the Nabua-to-Legazpi route when the crash occurred on the bypass road in Barangay Libod at around 9:00 a.m.
Roderick Mendoza, who heads the Albay Public Safety Emergency Management Office, said crews had pulled out seven bodies, while another five people were still pinned inside the wrecked van. The truck driver and his helper survived and were taken to a hospital.
In early accounts, police said the van was a white UV Express bearing plate GAJ 6626, and that it was struck by a trailer truck, plate RFK 576, at the wheel of which was Recson Zamora. The truck was coming from the Sua bypass road, and police said it lost control on a downhill stretch, slammed into the van, and both vehicles fell into a ravine.
Crews from the Bureau of Fire Protection, the Camalig disaster-response office, and other units spent close to eight hours trying to reach the victims. Mayor Baldo asked the Department of Public Works and Highways to send in heavy equipment that could help drag the truck away.
Officials called the wreck the deadliest road crash Albay has seen all year.
Sources
- Road crash kills twelve persons in Albay
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