2 dead, 1 hurt in motorcycle crashes

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines – Two persons died while an Army soldier was seriously injured in separate vehicular accidents in Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela on Monday.

Marlon Garo Jr., 21, died at the scene after his motorcycle collided with a bus driven by Johnny Borja, 55, in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya at around noon.

Case investigator Police Officer 3 Renzy Yarcia said Garo tried to overtake another vehicle in Barangay  Baretbet.

Garo’s passenger, Pfc. Ronald Tawagon, 37, was taken to the PLT Hospital in Solano town where he was reported to be in critical condition.

Responding police officers arrested Borja.

In Isabela, farmer Jerry Villanueva, 49, died when his motorcycle collided with a cart in Echague town.

Villanueva was driving at top speed when he figured in the accident in Barangay Pangal Sur, according to Chief Inspector Gerald Gamboa, town police chief.

The victim was thrown from his motorcycle.