At least 7 people died after a bus collided with a 14-wheeler truck along Marcos Highway in Tuba, Benguet on Thursday evening.

Police said the bus, carrying some 40 people, was traversing a downward portion of the highway when it collided with an approaching truck at around 10 p.m.

Authorities said the bus, carrying students from Marinduque State College, had just come from a field trip in Baguio when the accident occurred.

- Umagang Kay Ganda, 22 February 2013