CAGAYAN—Three persons, two of them town councilors, died while four others were hurt when their car fell from a bridge in Barangay Masical in Santo Niño town, last Friday, police said.
Santo Niño Councilors Orlando Campano and Rosendo Ruiz died instantly when their car fell into a river at 5:30 p.m.
Their companion, Zenaida de Leon, died while being treated in a local hospital.
Three other town councilors—Jamil Uy, who was driving the group’s Mitsubishi Montero; Felomena Tulali and Romeo Pecson—and their companion, Robin Evangelista, were reported to be in critical condition at St. Paul Hospital in Tuguegarao City.
Alejandrino Pascual, Masical village chief, said the victims’ car overtook an Elf truck but Uy lost control of the wheel, causing their vehicle to fall into the river. Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon