2 die as motorbikes collide in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat

COTABATO CITY -- Two persons were killed in freak accident involving two motorbikes along the national highway in Barangay Barurao 2, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, disaster officials said in a statement.Responding personnel of Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tried but failed to save the lives of two motorists who sustained fatal head injuries following a 3 p.m. collision Friday.One of the victims was identified as Rodolfo Dela Cruz while the other remained unidentified as of posting.The Lebak Search and Rescue Unit personnel said the disaster office recorded five motorcycle accidents in Lebak, a coastal town in Sultan Kudarat. sand//scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15109361_1519132621446483_2184773636693887696_n.jpg?oh=b3c01a99f244ecdadab863292b32fbefandampoe=58B26217 sand//scontent.fceb2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15178950_1519132761446469_6035806061764049651_n.jpg?oh=cbecd5d1f2343049c67bf17d5a96865bandampoe=58B49D62 Accidents involving motorcycles were among the leading causes of death on motorists, according to Department of Public Works and Highway Traffic Accident Recording and Analysis System. The office reported that there are around 1,513 people have died due to road accidents in the entire country every year. However, the World Health Organization, has an estimated more than 10,000 people have died in the Philippines annually due to road accidents.