Truck driver dead, 1 hurt in Quezon road accident

Atimonan town in Quezon province (Wikipedia maps)

LUCENA CITY – A cargo truck driver was killed and his helper injured following a vehicular accident along the Maharlika Highway in Atimonan town in Quezon province early Friday.

The Atimonan police reported that the cargo truck being driven by Domingo Llaneta Jr., 33, was sideswiped by an oncoming Bicol-bound JAC Daet Express passenger bus in Barangay (village) Tinandog at around 12:10 a.m.

Llaneta lost control of the wheels as the truck went wayward, consequently crashing into a house at the side of the road.

The truck’s helper, Alberto Giba, 34, sustained serious injuries. 

Llaneta died while being taken to Dona Marta District Hospital at the town center.

Bus driver Nemesio Estacion was under the custody of the local police. /jpv