Councilor dies in car crash

By Vince Jacob Visaya

SAN MATEO, Isabela -- A 46-year-old town councilor of this town and his companion died after their car rammed a concrete roadside fence and turned upside down in Barangay Saranay May 14 around 12:10 a.m. police said.
    Cpt. Scarlet Topinio, an Isabela police spokesman, identified the fatalities as councilor Michael Angelo Ramones, native of Villa Magat in the town, and Mario Acupan, a village watchman in Villa Gamiao also in San Mateo.
    Critical was Sonny Baysa, 49, village head of Villa Gamiao.
    Ramones, who speedily drove his car on their way home to San Mateo, allegedly miscalculated the sharp curve and hit the roadside concrete fence.
    The wrecked car turned upside down.
    The victims were brought to the Cabatuan Family Hospital but Ramones and Acupan were declared dead on arrival while Baysa was still in critical condition at press time.