Stalled car hit by rushing firetruck, three wounded

A FIRETRUCK rushing to respond to an alarm in Mandaue City  on Sunday night hit a  car stalled on the road.

The impact caused the parked car to slam a pedestrian, 20-year-old Velmar Urot who was passing by.

The car owner  Jay Limpag, 32,  of barangay Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City, was also injured.

The firetruck owned by barangay Tipolo was responding to a fire alarm at 11 p.m. in barangay Basak.

Police said Limpag’s car was stalled in the middle of the road due to  engine trouble.

It was not visible in the night because there  was no  early warning device in front or back to alert oncoming traffic.

When the car  was hit by the firetruck driven by Jesus Mangubat, 55, it was pushed to the roadside  and  slammed a pedestrian.

Limpag’s car then rammed the gate of a house. A  passenger of the truck identified as Neils Erixon, 29, was also wounded in the accident.

Limpag and Mangubat agreed to help shoulder  medical expenses of the pedestrian who was brought to a Cebu City hospital, said police./CORRESPONDENT FE MARIE D. DUMABOC