CEBU, Philippines - The municipal government of Tuburan has extended financial assistance to the families of those killed and injured after a vehicular accident along the National Highway in barangay Fortaliza in the town last Friday evening.
Tuburan Mayor Constancio Suezo III told The FREEMAN in a telephone interview that after the vehicular accident, his office assisted the victims brought to the Tuburan General Hospital and those transferred to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City,
“Nangita gayud kita ug mga paagi aron matabangan sa lungsod ang mga pamilya sa nangamatay ingon man kadtong nadala sa tambalanan,” Suezo said.
The mayor said Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia called him up and also assured him of assistance from the provincial government.
Tuburan police reported that four died, while four others were injured in the accident.
Ten-year-old Janine Oros, a resident of Fortaliza, was killed on the spot after she and a companion were hit by a Nissan Frontier truck with license plate number GTF-758 driven by Anthony Cabintoy, 26
Seven other victims were rushed to the Tuburan District Hospital but three of them died along the way. They were identified as seven-year-old Janine Tahanlangit; Jessica Sayson, 14 and Levi Tapil, 34, all also residents of Fortaliza.
The injured were identified as five-year-old Richard Tapil; Gina Antonio, 34 and Daisy Mae Tapil, 12 and James Lester Gecain.
Police said the victims were attending a wake when the accident happened.
Police said Cabintoy just left his mother’s house in Barangay Colonia and was driving back to his house in Barangay Carmelo with his five-year-old son and father-in-law around 7:30 a.m.
Upon reaching Fortaliza the rear right tire of his truck exploded and Cabintoy lost control of his vehicle and ploughed into some vehicles parked by the roadside.
The truck first hit a motorcycle, then a tricycle and a group of people attending a wake.
The injured were brought immediately to the Tuburan District Hospital on board on a Corominas bus which just happened to pass by the area.
Cabintoy surrendered to the police after the incident. — Jose P. Sollano/BRP (THE FREEMAN)