Mother and baby hit by truck, killed in Bacolod

MANILA, Philippines–A woman and her six-month-old baby were  killed after being hit by a ten-wheeler truck in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, a radio report said.

The report identified the mother as Maria Fe Arosa. The baby was not named.

According to the report, the two were hit on the city’s Circumferential Road.

Arosa’s niece Mary Rose Arosa, who was with them during the accident, survived, the report said.

The truck’s driver Rudy Palanog said he did not see the victims as they supposedly got in his way when the traffic light turned green.

The victims were on their way home to barangay (village) Visa Alegre when they were hit, the niece said.

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