2 slain, 2 hurt in Pangasinan road accidents

DAGUPAN CITY – Two persons were killed while two others were hurt in separate vehicular accidents in the towns of Asingan and Sual in Pangasinan on Tuesday.

Police identified the fatalities in the Asingan road accident as Czarino Manibog, 25, and his back rider Jemray Castillo, 22.

Czarino and Castillo were on board a motorcycle when they collided with a pickup driven by John Mark Calrion, 24. Calrion was also injured in the accident and was treated in a hospital.

In Sual, two motorcycles collided head-on along the national road in Caoayan village at 5:30 p.m. injuring the riders identified as Ralph Alvarez, 23, and Jovell Castro, 27.

Police said both were driving at a high speed but Castro was believed to be drunk.

The Sual rescue team brought them to the Pangasinan Western District Hospital in Alaminos City for treatment. YOLANDA SOTELO-FUERTES/lzb