5 dead in Cagayan Valley, 2 in La Union road accidents

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.