Biker, 61, dies in Quezon road mishap
LUCENA CITY – A 61-year-old biker died in a road accident in Mauban town in Quezon province Wednesday morning, police said.
Chief Insp. Rodelio Calawit, Mauban police chief, said in a report that Cristobal Zubieto was negotiating a curved section of the highway aboard his mountain bike when he was accidentally hit by an incoming Isuzu Forward truck being driven by Fernando Pureza in Barangay Cagsiay 2 around 8:50 a.m.
Zubieto was thrown off the bike and suffered severe body injuries and died on the spot.
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Pureza was detained at the town police jail.
Zubieto was known among bike enthusiasts as the president of the Mauban Mountain Bikers Club.
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