TUGUEGARAO CITY?After attending a Christmas party Monday night, seven media men were seriously hurt when their Toyota HiLux rolled over several times while cruising along a highway in Tuao, Cagayan.
Senior Supt. Moro Virgilio Lazo, Cagayan police director, identified the media men as Rogelio Sending Jr., assistant manager of DZGR-Bombo Radyo-Tuguegarao; Johnny Calubaquib, editor of weekly Cagayan Star; Simeon Dilan, Philippine News Agency senior editor; Aimar Rara, dzYT correspondent; Cayetano Tuddao, Clearview cameraman; Jacinto Meman, radio commentator and chief of staff of Cagayan Rep. Manuel Mamba; and Primo Agatep, Agence France Presse stringer.
They were on their way home from a Christmas party hosted by Cagayan Rep. Manuel Mamba in Barangay Naruangan in Tuao.
A companion, Edmund Pancha, Clearview anchorman, was not hurt, police said.
The victims were treated for fractures at the St. Paul Hospital and the Cagayan Valley Medical Center. Estanislao Caldez and Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon
