Hunt on for truck driver who ran over QC cop

MANILA, Philippines—The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) is hunting down the driver of a truck that hit and killed a QCPD member Monday night.

PO3 Juanito Luardo was on his motorbike passing through Congressional Road, Barangay Pasong Tamo, going to Tandang Sora around 9:20 p.m. when he was sideswiped by the truck (RBR-366), got pinned under the vehicle, and then run over by the right rear wheel.

The 53-year-old Luardo, who reported to the QCPD support unit, was then on his way home to Bagong Silang, Caloocan City, according to QCPD spokesperson Senior Insp. Maricar Taqueban.

QCPD Traffic Enforcement Unit head Supt. Ely Pintang on Tuesday was still verifying initial reports that Luardo, who was still in uniform, was trying to flag down the truck driver for a traffic violation.

The still unidentified driver abandoned his vehicle and fled on foot toward Visayas Avenue. The truck was found to be registered to Remolito Mendoza of Chuabenco Resources, a company in Pandacan, Manila.

But company officials had yet to pinpoint the man driving the truck at that time, Pintang said. Jaymee T. Gamil