TUBA, Benguet: An eerie stretch of the Marcos Highway has the Grim Reaper lurking, drooling over the unwary that can be sent to their final destination—death struck anew in that accursed portion of the highway.

Seven people died and 26 others were seriously injured after a tourist bus cruising down the main road allegedly lost its brakes and rammed into a Baguio City-bound 14-wheeler truck van on Thursday at about 10:15 p.m. at Barangay Badiwan.