Northern Luzon holidays death toll
By
Raymund Catindig and Eva Visperas
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Five
persons died and seven others were injured in road accidents in Cagayan Valley
on Wednesday.
This, while a
couple died while their two sons were injured when their motorcycle was hit by
a bus in Barangay San Pablo in Balaoan La Union Monday night.
In the
Cagayan incidents, police said a motorcycle driven by Lorenzo Infante, 27,
collided with a Toyota Tamaraw in Barangay Victoria, Aglipay, Quirino.
Jay-jay
Banigued, 27, and his companion Leonard Gonzales, 31, were racing against
another motorcycle when their vehicles collided in Barangay Victoria, also in
Aglipay.
The two fell
from their motorcycle and were ran over by a Toyota Innova.
The driver of
the other motorcycle, Jay-ar Ambatali, 28; his 10-month-old son Junior,
and partner Analyn Santiago, 34, were injured and taken to a hospital for
treatment.
In Cagayan,
Perfecto Martin, 61, died when his tricycle fell from the highway while
avoiding an incoming vehicle in Barangay Sto. Domingo in Tuao town.
Martin’s son
Lorenzo, 30; Felicidad, 83, and Ren-Ren, 2, also surnamed Martin, were injured.
In Isabela, a man who has yet to be identified died when
his motorcycle rammed an electric post in Barangay Abut, Quezon town. His
companion Daniel Jacob Baculyo, 17, remains unconscious in a hospital.
Meanwhile, in Balaoan, La Union, a couple
died while their two sons were injured when their motorcycle was hit by a bus
in Barangay San Pablo in this town Monday night.
Robert Laude
was pronounced dead on arrival in a hospital, where his wife Edraline died
while being treated.
Their sons,
Patrick and Vinzon, whose ages were not immediately available, remained
confined at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center in San Fernando
City.
Initial
investigation showed the vehicles were both heading south when a Viron Transit
bus rear-ended the motorcycle.
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