5 die in Kidapawan highway accident
Local News • 18:07 PM Sat Oct 15, 2016
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By:
Edwin Fernandez
The ill-fated Mitsubishi L-300 van. (Photo courtesy of Mary Grace Buned/DXND)
KIDAPAWAN CITY – Five persons were killed on the spot and two others were hurt in an
early morning highway mishap Saturday involving a speeding passenger van and a motorbike
driven by drunk motorists in Barangay Paco here, disaster officials said.
Psalmer
Bernalte, Kidapawan City disaster action officer, said involved in the 4 a.m.
highway mishap were a Mitsubishi L-300van (KGL--720) from Cagayan de Oro City heading for Kidapawan City and the motorcycle (license plate 7404 MB)heading toward Matalam, North Cotabato.
Bernalte said
in a phone interview that the motorcycle went counter flow along portions of
the national highway in Barangay Paco.
The motorcycle
driver and his back rider died on the spot while three other van passengers
expired before reaching the hospital.
sand//scontent.fmnl4-5.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14725748_1180463452074481_6999394217887495045_n.jpg?oh=6825d5155d3499e6232f8972d6ef4d47andampoe=589B7F1A Rushed to the
hospital were Delfin Querkis, 47 and his wife Prescilia, 45, both van
passengers.
Bernalte identified two of the fatalities as Vince Ocumen andElto Bayodo of Cagayan de Oro. Three other fatalities have no identification card.(Photo credits to Mary Grace Buned and DXND Radyo Bida Koronadal) sand//scontent.fmnl4-5.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14724625_1180463448741148_509209259639287626_n.jpg?oh=21543bc16af43c9990d3bc20e3260128andampoe=58A82DAA