15 dead in Cagayan town road collision

By Freddie G. Lazaro

TUGUEGARAO CITY — The death toll in the tragic head-on collision of a passenger jeepney and a trailer truck along the national highway in Barangay Villa Rey, Piat, Cagayan last Monday has reached 15, according to provincial police director Senior Supt. Moro Lazo.

Lazo identified the latest fatality as Reggie Tannug, 24, a government employee and resident of Sto. Niño, Cagayan.

He died while being treated at the St. Paul Hospital in Tuguegarao.

The other fatalities were identified as Renz Paula Lazo, 20, a graduating midwifery student and a resident of Sto. Niño, Cagayan; Roselle Valiente, 19, and Jinky Ramos, 21, both students of Saint Louis University in Tuguegarao City; Eduardo Oarle, 18 and Fatima Daliuag, 19, students of the Central Colleges Tuguegarao.

Other fatalities were Lindsay Ramirez, 21, student; Roda Mae Daloza, 18, student of the Cagayan State University; Armand Cadeliña; Pepe Artida, 55, an employee of the provincial government; Randy Dumas, 33, company driver; Rogelio Ibarra, 59, of the Department of Public Works and Highways; Princess Belen; and Faustino and Corazon Arguero, both ministers of the Iglesia ni Cristo and residents of Burgos, Ilocos Sur.

Eleven more victims, mostly passengers of the passenger jeepney, were still undergoing treatment.

The two drivers are now facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and multiple serious physical injuries.