Two riders killed in P’sinan road crash

By Gabriel L. Cardinoza

AGUILAR, Pangasinan -- Two persons were killed when a tricycle and a motorcycle collided at the Romulo Highway in Barangay Buer here  night of Oct. 21, the Provincial Police Office said in a report.
The police identified victims as Kenneth Tamesa de la Cruz, 36, driver of the tricycle, and Ogie Leo Custodio Doque, 25, driver of the motorcycle.
    Police said Doque was driving his motorcycle on the northbound lane of the highway when the tricycle driven by de la Cruz on the southbound lane of the highway suddenly swerved to the opposite lane of the road, hitting Doque's motorcycle.
    Both drivers were thrown off their vehicles and fell in the middle of the road due to strong impact.
    The responding personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office immediately brought the two drivers to the Mangatarem District Hospital in neighboring Mangatarem town, where a doctor there pronounced them dead on arrival.
    Police said investigators were still trying to find out why the tricycle encroached on the other lane.