POLICE FILES
14 HURT IN TOLEDO ROAD MISHAP
FOURTEEN persons were injured after a passenger van and an L200 pick-up truck collided along the national highway in barangay Magdugo, Toledo City, southern Cebu.
The accident happened past 7 a.m. yesterday.
The van driven by Pepito Pantalaño was carrying 11 passengers bound for Cebu City.
After the collision, the van also hit a tricycle driven by Isidro Engaling, 43.
Engaling and his passenger Ghenierose Barangan, 13, were injured.
Article continues after this advertisementThe driver of the pick-up truck, Raymundo Luana, 47 of barangay Villadolid, Carcar City, sustained minor injuries.
Article continues after this advertisementPolice said the van and the tricycle were traveling in the same direction when the van overtook and collided with the pick-up truck.
Pantalaño and his passengers were brought to a hospital for treatment.
The driver of the L200 pick-up was detained at Toledo police station.
Charges of reckless imprudence resulting to multiple physical injuries would be filed against Pantalaño and Luana, police said./ Correspondent Joy Cherry S. Quito
MAN SHOOTS SELF
A MAN was killed after he allegedly shot himself in the head in front of his friend in barangay Suba, Danao City, northern Cebu.
The incident happened outside the house of Mario Almerez past 10 a.m. Monday.
Investigation is in progress to determine if there was foul play involved in the incident, Supt. Resty Santos, chief of the Danao police, said.
The victim’s wife told police that she and her husband had no marital problems which may have drove the man to kill himself.
The wife said it could be a case of accident shooting.
Police said Almerez was sitting on a bamboo bench when his friend Pelagio Piquero, 42, arrived.
Police said Piquero was about to greet his friend when Almerez shot himself.
Police recovered a .22 revolver./Correspondent Joy Cherry S. Quito
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