‘Killer Highway’ latest victim: QC gov’t worker

A local government employee was killed while five other persons were slightly injured in a six-vehicle smashup on Commonwealth Avenue, the so-called “Killer Highway” of Quezon City.

Carlos Pamintuan Jr., 53, an employee of the Quezon City government’s engineering department and resident of Barangay (village) Ramon Magsaysay, was declared dead on arrival at Fairview General Hospital after the 4 p.m. accident.

Investigators at the Quezon City Police District’s Traffic Sector 5 said Pamintuan was riding a motorcycle that was hit by a MannRose bus (TXR-765) on Commonwealth near Winston Street in Barangay North Fairview.

Details of the accident remained unclear at press time, but witnesses said the bus driver, whose name was withheld by traffic investigators, apparently lost control of the vehicle and hit Pamintuan’s motorcycle first before crashing into another motorbike, a tricycle, a car and delivery truck.

The occupants of the four other vehicles hit by the bus suffered bruises and contusions.  Jeannette I. Andrade