1 killed in sedan-truck collision in Cebu town | Inquirer News

1 killed in sedan-truck collision in Cebu town

By: - Reporter / @nestleCDN
/ 11:04 AM April 21, 2017

Toyota Vios driven by Orencio Taraya crumples like a tin can after it rammed into a 10-wheeler truck in Minglanilla town, southern Cebu, early Friday. Taraya died on the spot. Jose Santino Bunachita, CDN

The Toyota Vios driven by Orencio Taraya is crumpled like a tin can after it rammed onto a 10-wheeler truck in Minglanilla town, southern Cebu, early Friday. Taraya died on the spot. JOSE SANTINO BUNACHITA/CEBU DAILY NEWS

CEBU CITY—A 57-year-old man was killed on Friday after the car he was driving collided with a 10-wheeler truck in Minglanilla town,  17 kilometers south of here.

Orencio Taraya was on his way home in Barangay (village) Tungkop, Minglanilla from Cebu City about 1:50 a.m. when his Toyota Vios rammed into a 10-wheeler truck along the national highway in Barangay Poblacion Ward 1, Minglanilla.

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Truck driver Alvin Samino, 33, was detained by the Minglanilla police pending filing of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide charges at the prosecutor’s office.

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Supt. Dexter Calacar, Minglanilla police chief, said that based on witnesses’ account, the Toyota Vios was straddling both two lanes while heading to Tungkop.

The driver of a 10-wheeler truck that was ahead of Samino’s swerved  to the other lane to avoid hitting the car.

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But Samino who was tailing behind the first 10-wheeler truck didn’t notice the car immediately and rammed onto the Toyota Vios.

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The car was crumpled like a tin can upon impact, killing its driver.

Calacar said he talked to the relatives of Taraya, who told him  the victim was drunk while driving home./rga

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