4 dead, 4 hurt in SCTEx accident

SCTEx. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO–Four people died while four others were hurt when a tire of their sport utility vehicle (SUV) burst, causing it to turn turtle along the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) in Porac, Pampanga, on Tuesday afternoon.

Dr. Roberto Santos, administrator of the Bataan Peninsula Medical Center, said four of the Ford Expedition’s eight passengers died while being treated in the hospital in Dinalupihan, Bataan.

Santos, however, declined to identify the victims on the request of their relatives.

A report from the SCTEx traffic management center (TMC) said the accident happened  along Kilometer 39 of the SCTEx at 3:15 p.m. It said the victims were bound for the Subic Bay Freeport.  Tonette Orejas, Inquirer Central Luzon