Eight soldiers perished as the left rear tire of their military truck suddenly burst, causing the vehicle to roll off and ram into a parked cement mixer in Masbate Sunday night, a police report said.

Col. Xerxes Trinidad, Army spokesman, told dzBB initially six soldiers were reported dead but two more died on Monday.

''One died at 3 am and the other at 12:10 pm,'' Trinidad told dzBB. He added one soldier is in critical condition while five others are stable.

The incident happened at Purok 2, Barangay Buenasuerte, Uson, Masbate at 9:40 pm.

The truck was to deliver supplies to their detachment. DMS