Bodies of 2 of 3 missing Pinoys in Taiwan bridge collapse recovered — MECO

October 2, 2019

The Manila Economic and Cultural Office ( MECO) on Wednesday said bodies of two of the three Filipinos reported missing after a bridge collapsed in Yilan Country, Taiwan have been found.


“The first one was retrieved at midnight on Tuesday. The other body was found at 4 am this morning,” MECO chairman Lito Banayo said in an interview with GMA News TV.


“The two bodies have been identified. Search is on for the third one,” Banayo said.


Banayo said they informed families of the two Filipinos but he did not reveal their names.


The three Filipinos were among the six reported missing after a bridge in Taiwan collapsed and fell on the fishing vessels. DMS