Soldier, girlfriend killed in accident

By Jennelyn Mondejar

CALASIAO, Pangasinan – A Philippine Army soldier and his girlfriend riding a motorcycle died in an accident involving another motorcycle on the national highway of this town Oct 13.

Senior Inspector Rolando Quejado, Calasiao deputy police chief, said Corporal Federico Valerio, 38, of Malabago, this town, assigned at the Army’s 7th Infantry Division, and his unidentified girlfriend, were brought to the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital in Dagupan City. Valerio was declared dead on arrival, while his girlfriend died in the same hospital several hours later.

Investigation showed the victims, on board a Motorstar X125 motorcycle with plate number 5995A, were trying to overtake a Honda TMX-155 motorcycle driven by Angel Royeca III, also of this town, when the accident happened.

Witness said Royeca accidentally bumped Valerio’s motorcycle which caused it to be thrown several meters away.