TUGUEGARAO CITY – Three brothers were killed
when a truck loaded with livestock fell to its side in Diadi, Nueva Vizacaya,
while a collision involving two vans left three men dead in Tumauini, Isabela
Jan. 25.
Amadeo Buhangin, 48,
and his siblings Camilo, 41, and Keren, 30, died at the scene, while Wenceslao
Tuppil, Danilo Frogoso, Dante Espenueva, Antonio Ramos and Pedro Talosig were
taken to the hospital in Solano town for treatment of injuries, said Diadi town
police chief Senior Inspector Norlie Gamal.
Reports said truck
driver, Wilmer Daguio, lost control of the wheel as he was negotiating a
downhill road in the village of Nagsabaran.
The accident also resulted
in the death of two cattle.
Gamal said the
victims, who were among the passengers of the truck, were pinned under the
animals.
Daguio surrendered to
the police after the accident.
Meanwhile in Isabela,
Danilo Pasicolan, driver of a Nissan van; his passenger Elizabeth Bibat, 34,
and Tomas Malazzab, 39, driver of a Mitsubishi van, were killed when the two
vehicles figured in a collision in Tumauini town.
The victims were
reportedly heading for a fiesta celebration in the town of Cabagan when the accident
occurred at about 7 p.m. in Barangay Ugad, according to Chief Inspector Billy
Mangali, Tumauini police chief.
Ten passengers were
seriously injured in the accident. They were taken to the Isabela Provincial
Hospital in Ilagan City for treatment.
Mangali said they have
yet to determine who between Pasicolan and Malazzab was liable for the
incident. – With Charlie Lagasca
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