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4 killed in Pangasinan province car accident

Four friends were killed in a freak road accident after their car crashed into a mango tree in Pangasinan province before dawn Tuesday.

Radio dzRH reported the incident in Urdaneta City claimed the lives of driver Marvin Velasco and his passengers, two of whom were identified as Arlene Orcales and Don Gomez, while the identity of fourth fatality was not immediately known.

Urdaneta police head Superintendent Harris Pama said the victims had come from a party at Asingan town and were speeding home toward Urdaneta when they figured in the accident at 1 a.m.

Initial investigation showed the victims had overtaken a tricycle but the vehicle went out of control and crashed into a mango tree at the boundary of Asingan and Urdaneta. - LBG, GMANews.TV
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