Maria Larni Pornan, head of the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said the accident occurred around 5:40 p.m. On Friday local time, the government bus, which was carrying 36 people including the driver, lost control while landing.

He said a 40-year-old female teacher died as a result of the accident, Xinhua news agency reported.

Pornan said the bus was carrying public school teachers and a student back to Bacolod City from a team-building activity in San Carlos City when the accident occurred.