Woman, 60, dies in Quezon motorcycle accident
LUCENA CITY –– A 60-year-old woman riding pillion on a motorcycle died in a vehicular accident in Sariaya town in Quezon province on Tuesday.
The Quezon police reported that Leonila Marquez was riding in a motorcycle driven by her son, Michael Marquez, 37, when their vehicle was hit from behind by a van along the national road in Barangay Montecillo around 5:30 p.m.
Both riders suffered injuries and were rushed to a hospital in Lucena City but the elder Marquez died along the way, the report said.
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“Leonila was dragged and consequently ran over by the van,” Lieutenant Colonel Reynaldo Reyes, Sariaya police chief, said in a phone interview.
The van driver, Angelito Albos, a resident of Sariaya, is now detained at the local police jail. ‘
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