Manila, July 10 -- Two passengers died and 28 others were wounded when their bus crashed into a tree and plunged into a roadside ditch in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur on Thursday morning.

Jufil Mabanag, Dumingag's municipal information officer, said the accident occurred around 7:20 a.m. in Purok 4, Barangay Mahayahay. The bus was traveling to Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur, from Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte.

"The location of the incident is an accident-prone area. A vehicular accident recently occurred at the same spot," Mabanag said in a radio interview.

One of the two fatalities was identified as Roy Bermudez, a cadet officer in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). The other fatality was an unidentified male senior citizen...