LUCENA CITY — A tricycle passenger died and three others were injured in a vehicular accident along the Maharlika Highway at Calauag town in Quezon province Sunday night, police said.
A report said the tricycle being driven by Remuel Noriesta, 25, accidentally hit the side of a van coming from the opposite direction in Barangay (village) Binutas at 9:35 p.m.
The tricycle driver and his three passengers – Ma. Arvie Joy Robis, 24; Rowie Noriesta, 2; and Joliane Noriesta, 5 months old – were thrown off from the vehicle and landed on the pavement.
The victims, who all sustained head and body injuries, were taken to St. Peter Gen. Hospital at the town center but Robis died along the way.
Police said the tricycle swerved to the opposite lane that caused the accident. Delfin T. Mallari Jr.