3 dead, 28 injured in Marinduque vehicular accident | Inquirer News

3 dead, 28 injured in Marinduque vehicular accident

By: - Correspondent / @mvirolaINQ
/ 09:52 AM April 03, 2022

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CITY OF CALAPAN – Three persons died while 28 others were injured in a vehicular accident in Torrijos, Marinduque Saturday afternoon.

Police Lieutenant Van Constantino, acting chief of police in Torrijos, said a passenger jeepney that was carrying the victims who had just attended a wedding in neighboring Sta. Cruz town fell off a cliff in Barangay (village) Cagpo at around 2 p.m.

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Among those who died was the groom, Allan Roldan, 26; Ariane Revidizo, 10; and his grandfather Celestino Regis, 67.

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Those injured were taken to the provincial hospital in Boac and another hospital in Lucena City.

Initial investigation showed that the vehicle’s brakes failed.

“The driver, Roderick Retardo voluntarily surrendered and he will be charged with reckless imprudence resulting to multiple homicide and multiple physical injuries,” said Constantino.

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