Metrobriefs

Man killed in accident

A 23-YEAR-OLD man was killed at around midnight Tuesday in Marikina City after he was thrown off a speeding tricycle. Louie Villareal, a resident of Barangay (village) Mayamot, Antipolo City, died due to a head injury, traffic investigator Senior Police Officer 3 Gerardo Nuestro said. An initial investigation showed that tricycle driver Bernard Allan Esteban was speeding as he was driving on Lazaro Street. Villareal, who was seated behind him, lost his grip when the vehicle suddenly swerved. He fell on the street and hit his head on the gutter. Villareal was taken to Amang Rodriguez Health Center but was pronounced dead on arrival, Nuestro said. The driver, meanwhile, was arrested and would be charged with reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.—Niña Calleja

Drug suspect escapes

THE price for being a sleepyhead may prove too costly for this policeman. Police Officer 3 Leonardo So, a member of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Task Force (AIDSOTF), might face dismissal from service after an arrested drug peddler escaped from a prison facility in Camp Crame over the weekend. Senior Superintendent Edgar Layon, AIDSOTF deputy chief, on Wednesday said So was on duty when George Manlangit walked out of the AIDSOTF detention cell at around 6 p.m. on Sunday. Manlangit, 33, was arrested by AIDSOTF operatives in an entrapment operation in Pasay City on April 26. Police seized nine plastic sachets containing suspected shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) from him and his girlfriend Charie Durano.  Layon said the erring police officer had been placed under restrictive custody pending the result of an investigation.—Marlon Ramos

1 dead in row over trees

A MAN was shot dead in front of his son in Sitio (subvillage) Boso-boso, Antipolo City, on Tuesday night over a row over felled trees. George Talisay’s attacker was identified as his neighbor, Roel Palmaceda, who immediately escaped after the shooting. Investigator Police Officer 2 Regino Orilla said that earlier, Palmaceda had complained to barangay (village) officials that Talisay was chopping the  trees in his lot for firewood. An hour later, Talisay, with his 13-year-old son, went to Palmaceda’s house to talk to him. Without saying a word, Palmaceda shot Talisay several times and then escaped as the victim’s son ran to get help for his father. The victim was rushed to Antipolo District Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.—Diosa Quinones