Dump truck driver killed, 3 hurt in North Cotabato highway crash

KIDAPAWAN CITY --- Despite repeated appeals by government officials and traffic enforcers for motorists to slow down along highways in Makilala, North Cotabato, highway mishaps still happen.The latest of which left one dump truck driver dead when the vehicle he was driving rammed a 10-wheeler truck it was tailing in Patulangon, Purok 11, BarangayPoblacion, Makilala, North Cotabato at about 1 a.m. Saturday.Senior Police Officer 1 Xerxes Anthony Fiel, Makilala PNP traffic investigator, identified the slain truck driver asAlvin de Asis Alipato, 26 ofTrento, Agusan del Sur.Wounded were his companions identified asRonilo Campomanes Librea, 25, Redjie Alcantara Madjos, 19, and Francis Bautista Larebi, 23, all of San Isidro, Davao City. They are now confined at Makilala Medical Specialist Hospital.Phil Jamero, Makilala municipal disaster risk reduction management officer, the slain driver of dump truck with licensed plate ADU-7861appeared to be under the influence of liquor.Jamero said investigation showed that the dump truck was tailing Fuso Wing van cargo truck (ALA-7320)when Alipato lost control of the vehicle and hit the wing van driven by Juliene Agulo Guerrero, 41, of Barangay Kimagango, Midsayap, North Cotabato.Because of the impact, the wing van loaded with fertilizers, tilted on its left, causing monstrous traffic.Guerrero and his truck helper were unharmed.See photos below courtesy of Rod Benez. sand//apis.mail.yahoo.com/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjN-28Og0-Yfm5P4PKX6UQMqoyLtCixeGkKCZMWc54HQAoNzhQjR8uKRnE7DvYEYMfQOUWhjIv2uHVC2R0Wv8Q9VgQ/messages/@.id==ACmH8QoAAADVWpoFmw2oGOcp3PU/content/parts/@.id==3/thumbnail?appId=YMailNorrin sand//apis.mail.yahoo.com/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjN-28Og0-Yfm5P4PKX6UQMqoyLtCixeGkKCZMWc54HQAoNzhQjR8uKRnE7DvYEYMfQOUWhjIv2uHVC2R0Wv8Q9VgQ/messages/@.id==ACmH8QoAAADVWpoFmw2oGOcp3PU/content/parts/@.id==5/thumbnail?appId=YMailNorrin sand//apis.mail.yahoo.com/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjN-28Og0-Yfm5P4PKX6UQMqoyLtCixeGkKCZMWc54HQAoNzhQjR8uKRnE7DvYEYMfQOUWhjIv2uHVC2R0Wv8Q9VgQ/messages/@.id==ACmH8QoAAADVWpoFmw2oGOcp3PU/content/parts/@.id==2/thumbnail?appId=YMailNorrin sand//apis.mail.yahoo.com/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjN-28Og0-Yfm5P4PKX6UQMqoyLtCixeGkKCZMWc54HQAoNzhQjR8uKRnE7DvYEYMfQOUWhjIv2uHVC2R0Wv8Q9VgQ/messages/@.id==ACmH8QoAAADVWpoFmw2oGOcp3PU/content/parts/@.id==9/thumbnail?appId=YMailNorrin sand//apis.mail.yahoo.com/ws/v3/mailboxes/@.id==VjN-28Og0-Yfm5P4PKX6UQMqoyLtCixeGkKCZMWc54HQAoNzhQjR8uKRnE7DvYEYMfQOUWhjIv2uHVC2R0Wv8Q9VgQ/messages/@.id==ACmH8QoAAADVWpoFmw2oGOcp3PU/content/parts/@.id==16/thumbnail?appId=YMailNorrin