Teen motorcycle rider killed, 4 hurt in Quezon accident

LUCENA CITY, Philippines – A 15-year-old motorcycle rider died and four others were injured in a vehicular accident in Tagkawayan town in Quezon province Saturday night, police said.

Police report said CJ Magbuhos on his motorcycle was negotiating a provincial road when he occupied the other lane and accidentally collided head on with an incoming tricycle driven by Fidel Waren Ricafort in Barangay (village) Bamban at about 8:30 p.m.

The motorcycle rider sustained grave injuries and was taken to Ma. L. Eleazar Memorial District Hospital at the town proper but died along the way.

Ricafort and his passenger along with two passengers of the ill-fated motorcycle, who were not identified by police, sustained injuries and were confined at the district hospital. /cbb