2 motorcyclists dead in separate Antipolo City road mishaps

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LUCENA CITY – Two motorcycle riders died in separate road accidents along Sumulong Highway in Antipolo City on Sunday and Monday, police reports said.

The Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) police said motorcyclist Ryan Jay Casidsid occupied the opposite lane of the highway and crashed head-on with the sports utility vehicle driven by Richard Benidict Teotico in Barangay Mayamot at around 12:30 a.m. Monday.

Casidsid died en route to Rizal Provincial Hospital.

On Sunday, rider Julius Leo Capellan also died after his motorcycle collided with the vehicle of Christian Jay Coching in another part of the Sumulong Highway also in Barangay Mayamot around 10:05 a.m.

Initial investigation showed that the motorcycle also occupied the opposite lane in a curved section of the highway that led to the fatal collision.

Capellan died while being taken to hospital.

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