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LUCENA CITY — Three people died and three others were injured Thursday in three road accidents in Batangas province.
In Lobo town, a payloader operator died after a heavy equipment he was driving rolled over him at 5:40 a.m. in Barangay Binubusan.
The Batangas police said Noel Lopez was negotiating an ascending section of the road when the payloader stopped and rolled downward.
Unable to control the wayward heavy equipment, Lopez jumped out but the payloader rolled over him.
He died while being taken to the hospital due to fatal body injuries.
In Sto. Tomas City, Andrea Mae Hernandez, 18, died at 6:20 a.m. after a passing jeepney driven by Jeoffrey Vargas Jr. hit her along the Maharlika Highway in Barangay San Juan.
Hernandez was buying food at the roadside when a “fast-approaching” vehicle hit her, said the report.
She suffered injuries and was rushed to the San Pablo City Medical Hospital and later transferred to Batangas City Medical Center but was declared dead on arrival.
Vargas was placed under police custody.
In Lian town, tricycle driver Cesar Dela Torre was traveling in Barangay Binubusan at 5:40 a.m. when he collided with a maneuvering dump truck driven by Henry Amor.
De la Torre and his passengers Jessa Concepcion, Josephine De Vera, and Jonathan de Lorre suffered injuries and were rushed to the Apacible Memorial District hospital, but the driver died on the way. INQ
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