Film actress Halina Perez died from severe head injuries after her van figured in a crash with a trailer truck yesterday morning.

Perez, 21, was sleeping in the van when she and another starlet Danna Garcel and five others met with the accident. They were on their way to a series of shows in central Philippines‚ Legazpi City.

Police said Halina Perez was rushed to a hospital in Tagkawayan, Quezon, but was declared dead on arrival. Perez's driver and another companion, both unidentified, also died in the accident while Garcel and Domingo Valleja, Antonio Melon and Jerry Olais were injured.

Perez broke into the local film scene last year with the film Balat Sibuyas, and had made several movies since then.