19 dead, 21 injured as bus plunges off Philippine cliff

MANILA: Nineteen people were killed and 21 others injured when a bus veered off the road and plunged down a ravine in the central Philippines, police said on Wednesday. The bus was heading to the capital Manila when it crashed through the railing of a bridge on Mindoro island late last night, said regional police spokeswoman Imelda Tolentino."The survivors said the driver lost control of the vehicle and that is why it fell," she told.