2 killed, 1 hurt in road mishap

MANGATAREM, Pangasinan – Two passengers of a pedicab died while their companion is still in critical condition at a local hospital after their vehicle collided head-on with a sports utility vehicle along the provincial road in Umangan here Tuesday.

A report from the Mangatarem municipal police station identified the fatalities as Dimark Sison, of legal age, and Robert Muega, 19, while their injured companion was named as Jayson Morla, 23, all residents of Barangay Umangan here.

Initial investigation showed the three individuals were on board a pedicab and were traveling along the road en route to a still undisclosed destination when it was suddenly rammed by a sports utility vehicle that came from another direction after the latter allegedly occupied the pedicab’s lane.

Because of the impact of the collision, the three victims were thrown several meters away from the accident scene with their head and bodies banging on the concrete pavement.

Concerned motorists and residents immediately rushed the victims to a local hospital but Sison and Muega were pronounced dead on arrival due to multiple head and body injuries.