Cargo truck smashes 5 vehicles; cop hurt

BAGUIO CITY – A cargo truck lost its breaks here Wednesday around 7 a.m. and hit five vehicles in a smash-up that resulted to the wounding of a police office.

A police report identified the victim as PO2 Nelson Aspilan Socayen, 32, married, assigned at city police traffic management unit.

His vehicle was hit by a Fuso aluminum van truck with plate no. AFA-7412 driven by Robert Almocera Bumadilla, 37, married, truck driver and of B47 sitio Batasan Floodway Taytay, Rizal.

Investigation disclosed that the vehicle driven by Bumadilla came from Upper Bokawkan, headed to Lower Magsaysay Avenue when the vehicle incurred a loose brake.

Bumadilla tried to evade other vehicles, swerved to the right outer lane hitting the Honda 125 Motorcycle with plate no. DA-33881 driven by PO2 Socayen.

After the impact, the said truck continuously moved forward hitting five other vehicles.

As a result Socayen suffered injury on his left leg and right hand and was brought to Pines City Doctor's Hospital for medical treatment, while undetermined cost of damages incurred to the other vehicles.

Responding Traffic Investigators confiscated the driver's licenses of the drivers involved and the OR/CR of the vehicle for evidence,