4 injured as car rams checkpoint

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines – Four persons were injured including two police officers when a car crashed into a checkpoint in Pugo, La Union last Friday.

Senior Police Officers 1 Roel Briones and Napoleon Balungkas were rushed to a hospital along with Ian Jenet Santos and  Edgar Morales.

Case investigator Senior Police Officer 1 Eduardo Larroya said Briones and Balungkas were accosting a motorist identified as Johnny Opilando when the car driven by Santos rammed the checkpoint in Barangay Aspiras.

Opilando, who was driving a motorcycle with Morales, was reportedly found carrying a caliber .45 pistol. He reportedly escaped leaving the gun behind.