2 dead, 2 hurt in Rizal province road mishaps
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LUCENA CITY—Two motorcycle riders died and two others were injured in separate road mishaps on Sunday and Monday in Rizal province.
The Police Regional Office 4-A reported that Roel Alvin Detablan, a member of the Philippine Coast Guard, was negotiating an uphill and curved portion of Ortigas Avenue Extension at Barangay San Roque in Antipolo City at 12:20 a.m. on August 15.
The police said, citing a witness account, that the rider hit the gutter and was thrown off the vehicle before slamming into a concrete post.
The victim was rushed to the Rizal Provincial Hospital but the attending physician declared him dead on arrival.
In Binangonan town, motorcycle driver Ronel Pacho and his back-riders, John Lloyd Reconasa and Maria Fajardo, were traversing at 6:42 a.m. on Sunday the Manila East Road in Barangay Pag-asa when it crashed into a passenger jeepney driven by Edgardo Quebic, who was then maneuvering a U-turn.
Article continues after this advertisementThe riders suffered injuries, and rescuers brought them to the Margarito Duavit Memorial Hospital, but Pacho died on the way. The jeepney driver was placed in police custody. INQ
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