Laguna cop killed in road accident
LOS BAÑOS,Laguna — A police officer assigned in this town died on the spot after the motorcycle he was driving was hit by a passenger bus, the police on Saturday said.
Police Officer 3 Wally Reyes had just finished his duty and was on his way home to Calamba City when the accident happened around 8 p.m. Friday along the national road in Barangay (village) Maahas.
Los Baños police chief Supt. Ricardo Dalmacia,in a phone interview, said a Greenstar Express bus bound for Sta.Cruz,Laguna took over another vehicle and in the process collided head-on with Reyes’s motorycle on the opposite lane of the road.
The bus driver, Leo Patagan, was arrested by the responding policemen. He will face inquest proceedings for the charge of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide on Saturdaymorning.
The Philippine National Police will extend assistance to the bereaved family since, “it’s still considered that (Reyes) died in the line of work,” Dalmacia said.
