6 dead, 3 hurt in NL road mishaps

By Raymund Catindig and Eva Visperas

TUGUEGARAO CITY – Six persons died, including a couple, and three others were seriously injured in separate road accidents in Cagayan, Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan Thursday.

Santiago Visario and his wife Genoveva were killed in the first accident when their tricycle, loaded with vegetables, collided with a Mitsubishi Montero driven by businessman Carlito Acena along the highway in Barangay Immayus Norte in San Juan, Ilocos Sur, according to Senior Police Officer 2 Romulo Aguilar.

The couple was thrown several meters away because of the impact.

Acena surrendered to authorities.

In Gonzaga, Cagayan, farmer Emer Arellano, 43, died at the scene when the tricycle he was riding collided with a motorcycle driven by Edmar Arellano, 40, along the highway in Barangay Calayan. Arellano died while being treated in the hospital, said Police Officer 3 Ericson Raquel.

Police said the driver of the tricycle, Jomar Agcaoili, remains confined in the hospital.

In Dagupan City in Pangasinan, two persons died and two others were injured when a Mitsubishi Montero rammed into a Toyota Corolla in Barangay Carangalaan around 1 a.m.

The fatalities were identified as Willie Agsaoay, 42, who was driving the Corolla; and his passenger, Edison Meneses, 21.

Another passenger, Jeofrey Agpalasin, 31, was brought to the Dagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital. Mark Patrick Jacinto, the driver of the Mitsubishi Montero, is confined at the Region 1 Medical Center.