Lawyer killed, 4 injured in SCTEx mishap

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – A lawyer died and four others were injured when their Nissan Frontier pick-up truck plunged into the river from a collapsed portion of the Pasig-Potrero Bridge along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac-Expressway (SCTEx) in Porac, Pampanga before dawn yesterday.

Senior Superintendent Oscar Albayalde, Pampanga police director, said lawyer  Junstinian Licnachan, 54, was declared dead on arrival at the Mabalacat District Hospital.

Those injured were identified as driver James Larkin Panitio, 29; Rolen Bagoybooi, 32; Jayson Maayon, 41; and James Panitio, 45, who were rushed to the Medical City in Angeles City.