A vehicular accident in Brgy. Lahug, Cebu Metropolis resulted to the loss of life of a 62-year-old habal habal driver and likewise injured his two feminine passengers on Thursday night, August 8. | Visitors Enforcement Unit Photograph
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 62-year-old habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) driver died in a vehicular accident that occurred alongside Veterans Drive in Brgy. Lahug, Cebu Metropolis on Thursday night, August 8, 2024.
The accident concerned three automobiles and occurred at round 11:40 p.m.
The sufferer was recognized as Honorio Giltendez Pescador Jr., a habal-habal driver from Tisa, Labangon, Cebu Metropolis.
In the meantime, two of his passengers sustained minor accidents.
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They had been recognized as Lea Mae Bonocan, 24, and Christine Faran, 23. Each ladies are residents of Brgy. Lahug.
The sufferer was reportedly taking his passengers to their vacation spot when his bike was hit by a sports activities utility automobile (SUV) pushed by Belarmino Canillo Birao, 57.
Birao is a resident of Tubod Toledo Metropolis, Cebu and works as a truck driver.
Misplaced management
Earlier than colliding with Pescador’s motorycle, the SUV first hit one other automobile, a hatchback, pushed by Emily Cabañero.
Police Lieutenant Coronel Miguel Andeza, chief of the Visitors Enforcement Unit (TEU), mentioned that the SUV was going downhill when it met the accident.
Birao advised police that he abruptly misplaced management of the SUV, inflicting him to sideswipe Cabañero’s automobile that was coming from the other way.
This incident resulted within the injury to the left-side portion of Birao’s hatchback.
After this, the SUV hit the entrance of Pescador’s bike, which was behind the hatchback
Because of the impression, the bike driver and his passengers had been thrown off the bike and landed arduous on the pavement.
Whereas police are nonetheless ready for the post-mortem end result to find out the reason for the motive force’s loss of life, Andeza mentioned that the motive force probably hit his head arduous on the bottom.
Pescador died on the spot. His passengers, alternatively, suffered minor accidents and at the moment are recovering at a hospital in Cebu Metropolis.
Each Birao and Cabañero weren’t harmed within the accident.
Clutch malfunction?
In accordance with Andeza, Birao was not drunk on the time.
As of this writing, regulation enforcers are verifying his claims that the clutch of his automobile malfunctioned, ensuing to the deadly accident.
Birao is now beneath the custody of police whereas the sufferer’s household have but to decide on whether or not they are going to be submitting prices towards him.
He might face prices of reckless imprudence leading to murder, bodily accidents, and injury to properties, acknowledged Andeza.
The TEU chief additionally reminded drivers to train warning on the highway and to routinely test the situation of their automobiles.
Moreover, he reminded habal-habal drivers that carrying multiple passenger is just not allowed and that they might be held liable if they’re caught violating town ordinance on overloading.
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