3 dead, 4 wounded in Batangas road accident

By: Marrah Erika Rabe - 11 years ago

BATANGAS CITY – Three persons died while four others were wounded when a car rammed into a tricycle while traveling on a highway through the village of San Agustin in Ibaan, Batangas, on Thursday morning, police said.

Senior Inspector Ramises De Castro, Ibaan police chief, identified the fatalities as Ferdinand Uy, Glenn Miñas and Bernie Supnit, 35.

Wounded were Lovely May Castillo,15; Dianne Bolima,16; Jomar Sanchez, 21; and Nina Gariando.

De Castro said the car, a Honda Civic bearing the license plate WHJ-577 and driven by Uy, was traveling through San Agustin and overtook a motorcycle when it rammed into an approaching an empty passenger tricycle driven by Supnit.

Uy, Miñas and Supnit were dead on arrival at the Queen Mary Hospital in Ibaan.

The wounded, also treated at the same hospital, were all occupants of the Honda Civic car, De Castro said.