A vehicular accident in Brgy. Lahug, Cebu Metropolis resulted to the demise of a 62-year-old habal habal driver and in addition 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 have been recognized as Lea Mae Bonocan, 24, and Christine Faran, 23. Each girls are residents of Brgy. Lahug.
The sufferer was reportedly taking his passengers to their vacation spot when his motorbike 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), stated that the SUV was going downhill when it met the accident.
Birao informed police that he all of a sudden misplaced management of the SUV, inflicting him to sideswipe Cabañero’s automotive that was coming from the other way.
This incident resulted within the harm to the left-side portion of Birao’s hatchback.
After this, the SUV hit the entrance of Pescador’s motorbike, which was behind the hatchback
As a result of influence, the motorbike driver and his passengers have been thrown off the motorbike and landed exhausting on the pavement.
Whereas police are nonetheless ready for the post-mortem outcome to find out the reason for the motive force’s demise, Andeza stated that the motive force presumably hit his head exhausting on the bottom.
Pescador died on the spot. His passengers, however, suffered minor accidents and are actually recovering at a hospital in Cebu Metropolis.
Each Birao and Cabañero weren’t harmed within the accident.
Clutch malfunction?
Based on Andeza, Birao was not inebriated 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 underneath 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 harm to properties, acknowledged Andeza.
The TEU chief additionally reminded drivers to train warning on the street and to routinely verify the situation of their automobiles.
Moreover, he reminded habal-habal drivers that carrying multiple passenger will not be allowed and that they might be held liable if they’re caught violating town ordinance on overloading.
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