Radioman killed in Medellin road accident
A RADIO blocktimer died after the motorcycle he was driving rammed into a truck in barangay Curva, Medellin town, northern Cebu yesterday morning.
Samuel Sidro, of barangay Poblacion, was declared dead when he and his backrider Diolito “Junie” dela Cruz were brought to the Verallo District Hospital in Bogo City.
Sidro and Dela Cruz were co-anchors of a daily program at Radyo Natin in Medellin.
The two men were headed for the radio station when they met the accident.
The driver of the truck, Francisco Daitol, 63, surrendered to the police after the incident.
Police said the motorcycle hit the rear portion of the truck, which was about to go out from a warehouse located at the side of the road./CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC