DUMAGUETE CITY, Feb. 21 -- At least 14 people died and three others were injured as the truck they were riding lost its brakes and fell off a cliff at Sitio Tubod, Barangay Bulwang in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Wednesday afternoon.

The passengers were all livestock buyers from La Libertad, Negros Oriental.

They were on their way to Dauis, Bayawan City when the truck they were riding, driven by Antonio Boganotan Toreno, lost its brakes and overshot the road before it fell off the cliff past 1:30 p.m.

Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, said Boganotan, a widower, also from La Libertad, was among the three of the injured and now recuperating at the health center in Mabinay.

Police identified ...