Road accidents leave two dead, four injured

CEBU, Philippines - Two people were killed while four others were injured in two separate road accidents in Cebu on Wednesday night.

In Barangay Kanyuko, Dumanjug town, 78-year-old Teodoro Baybayon was pinned to death by a delivery truck that accidentally hit his house at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.

Truck driver Reuben Ley Villeno, 40, also suffered serious injuries and was brought to South General Hospital.

Police Officer 3 Rafael Albero of Dumanjug Police Station said Villeno was believed to be under the influence of intoxicating liquor when he drove the truck.

He was reportedly driving the vehicle at high speed then lost control, hitting a house near the road where the victim was sleeping alone.

Albero said responding rescuers had to use cranes to remove the truck from the house and managed to do it at around 3 a.m. The victim was found, but was already dead.

Madridejos

Two hours earlier in Barangay Tugas in the town of Madridejos, a 14-year-old boy died and three others were injured in a motorcycle accident.

Jerald Muaña died after he was hit by a motorcycle while his companion Rommel Chavez, 19, motorcycle driver Adam James Tolentino, 21, and his passenger, Roda Mercado, 17, were injured.

As per police investigation, Muaña, Chavez, Judito Negrido, 17, and Ryan Santillan were walking along the road towards home at around 7 p.m. when they were hit by a motorcycle.

The driver, Tolentino, who was heading home with Mercado from Madridejos proper, reportedly lost control of the vehicle and hit the victims. Muaña, Tolentino, Chavez, and Mercado were injured in the process and were brought to Bantayan District Hospital by rescue workers while Negrido and Santillan were spared.

Except for Muaña, the three injured victims were already allowed to go home after treatment. The boy’s grandmother reported to the police station the following day that her grandson died at 6 a.m.

Tolentino is now detained and will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting to homicide and physical injury.  (FREEMAN)