Trike driver dead, passenger hurt in Quezon road mishap

LUCENA CITY –– A tricycle driver died and his passenger was injured, when his vehicle was hit by another vehicle, and bumped by a bus along the Maharlika Highway in Sariaya town in Quezon province on Friday.

Silvestre Garcia was driving his tricycle when a pick-up driven by Inocencio Honrubia hit his vehicle from behind in Barangay Sto. Cristo at 5:10 a.m., the Sariaya police reported.

An incoming JAC liner bus driven by Fernando Carurucan then bumped the wayward tricycle.

Garcia and his passenger, Julieta Garcia, suffered serious injuries and were rushed to the Candelaria Doctors Hospital but the tricycle driver died on the way.

Police are conducting further investigation. Delfin T. Mallari Jr./lzb

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