Nueva Vizcaya town councilor dies as SUV plunges into creek
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—A councilor of Kasibu town, Nueva Vizcaya province died after his sports utility vehicle fell into a creek, police said.
Engineer Alfredo Tucpi II, who won reelection as councilor, was driving his SUV when he overshot portion of a bridge and plunged into the creek at Barangay Bua in Kasibu.
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Rescuers retrieved him from the submerged car and rushed him to the hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.
Tucpi won a fresh three-year mandate with 11,048 votes in the May 9 elections.
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