Makilala pupil loses battle 6 days after highway mishap
Breaking News • 19:03 PM Mon Sep 1, 2014
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By:
Stella Cadungon, DXND Radyo Bida Kidapawan
MAKILALA,
North Cotabato (Sept.2/NDBC) – A week after he was hit by a speeding car in
front of his school, an elementary pupil here succumbed to serious and
complicated injuries.
Geo Flores,
pupil of Malasila Elementary School in Barnagay Malasila, Makilala, North
Cotabato, passed away 6 p.m. Monday afternoon, his family said.
Melecio
Lambac, the boy’s uncle, said the boy expired while fighting for his life at
the Intensive Care Unit of the Southern Philippine Medical Center in Davao City.
On Tuesday
afternoon, the young Flores was crossing the highway in front of his school
when he was hit by a car driven by Ethel Espina.
Lambac said
the family is seeking the help of a lawyer as to what to do next now that a
loved one passed away in what was supposedly a very avoidable accident.
Lambac did not say whether Espina extended financial aid for Geo's medication and burial.The boy’s remains
now lie in state at funeral parlor in Kidapawan City. (NDBC)