Rescuers retrieve the body of the dump truck driver involved in an accident in Cardona, Rizal on Tuesday. INQUIRER / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
SAN PEDRO CITY –– Nine people were killed while several others were injured in a road accident involving two trucks and a jeepney in Cardona, Rizal on Tuesday morning.
The police identified three of the fatalities as Maximo Julian, 60, Jan Brian Madaya, and John Lester Lambrinto.
Madaya and Lambrinto were both students of ICCT Colleges in Rizal.
The collision happened around 6 a.m. along the national road in Barangay Looc.
In a phone interview, case investigator Master Sgt. Lediboy Tamares said a truck negotiating the downhill road lost its control and hit head-on a passenger jeepney driven by Fernando Bandril and another truck loaded with sand, driven by Ronilo Caballes.
“The jeepney had no passengers on board. Most of the fatalities were (pedestrians), some out for a morning jog,” Tamares said.
The truck also hit a roadside electric post that snapped during the collision.
Bandril, Caballes, and his still unidentified helper were all rushed to the Carlos Medical and Maternity Hospital in Cardona.
The police have yet to identify the driver of the wayward truck. He also died in the collision.