MANILA – Six soldiers were injured after the brakes of the military truck they were riding failed along Barangay Baracatan in Davao del Sur on Friday morning.

According to Private First Class Jaypee Juanitez, the truck lost its brakes while it was going down the road along Purok 6 around 4 a.m.

The truck fell into a canal but fortunately did not hit the house of a resident, Isidra Gamale.

Gamale said she and her children were sleeping when they heard a crash.

The injured soldiers were brought to the Camp Panacan Field Hospital for treatment. Report from Roxanne Arevalo, ABS-CBN News