MANILA, Philippines–A Quezon City policeman died on the spot in a hit-and-run incident involving a 10-wheeler truck along Congressional Avenue on Monday night.
Police Office 3 Juanito Luardo, 53, assigned at the Quezon City police district public safety battalion, died after he was hit while on a motorcycle by the truck he flagged down as its driver allegedly violated traffic rules.
SPO1 Laurente Teaño of the QCPD Traffic Sector 6 said that when Luardo got near the truck, the driver sped away to escape, which caused the policeman to fall from his motorcycle.
As he fell on the ground, the policeman was run over and dragged some meters away from the point where he called to attention the truck driver.
The truck bore the plate number RBR 366.
Teaño said the police have not identified yet the driver and his companion who fled the scene after the incident.
Police are hunting down the still unidentified men.
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