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LUCENA CITY — A driver died and another one was injured after two vehicles collided Tuesday along the diversion road, which motorists call the “killer highway” in Atimonan, Quezon.
Quezon police reported on Wednesday that an Isuzu tractor head driven by Jollebert Santos lost its brakes around 5 p.m. while negotiating a descending section of the diversion road in Barangay Santa Catalina.
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The wayward vehicle, loaded with steel bars, consequently rammed into an oncoming utility refrigerated van driven by Jefferson Ibarrola.
Ibarolla suffered fatal injuries and died on the way to Doña Martha Memorial District Hospital in the town center.
Santos’s helper, Romar Garrido, also suffered injuries and was still confined for further treatment.