MANILA -- Two people were killed and nine others injured after a speeding car plowed into people attending a religious procession in Negros Occidental province in central Philippines on Friday evening, police said Saturday.
The police said the crash occurred at around 7:30 p.m. local time in Bacolod City when a Good Friday procession was heading back to a church. (Philippines-Road Accident)
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MANILA -- A 10-wheeler delivery truck rammed into six vehicles in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 14 others, authorities said.
According to the information office of Dumalinao town, where the crash occurred at around 10 a.m. local time, the driver of the delivery truck lost control of the vehicle after its brake malfunctioned while traveling east to Pagadian City from Zamboanga City, ramming into two trucks, a minivan, a motorcycle, and two tricycles. (Philippines-Road Accident-Deaths)
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NEW DELHI -- At least four people died and around 10 others were injured when a four-storey building collapsed in the Indian capital in the early hours of Saturday, a local police officer said.
The building collapsed in Mustafabad area of northeast Delhi at around 2:30 a.m. local time. (India-Building Collapse)
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TOKYO -- A norovirus outbreak has sickened 140 people at Hotel Daiheigen, a hot spring resort in Japan's Hokkaido, local media reported Saturday.
The source of the outbreak was identified as food prepared and served at the hotel between April 8 and 12, Asahi Shimbun reported. (Japan-Norovirus-Hotel) ■
