A CARPENTER and an 8-year-old boy were killed in separate vehicular accidents in southern Cebu.
Samuel Parantar, 56, died on the spot after he was thrown off a motorcycle which collided with a motorcycle in barangay Taloot, Argao town.
The 17-year-old tricycle driver, Ibara Tecson, and two other passengers were injured.
A slippery road was cited as a possible cause of the accident which happened after a heavy downpour last Thursday afternoon.
Police said Tecson was negotiating a downhill road when his tricycle collided head-on with a motorcycle, whose driver was not immediately identified.
In barangay Campo 8, Toledo City, an 8-year-old boy was killed after he was hit by a motorcycle.
The boy was crossing a road last Friday afternoon.
The grade three pupil, suffered severe injuries in different parts of the body.
The driver of the motorcycle, Erlindo Paduga, 39, surrendered to the police after the accident./CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC