CABANATUAN
CITY, Nueva Ecija–Two persons, including a driver, died in a three-vehicle smash-up along
the highway in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija Monday.
Senior Superintendent Crizaldo Nieves,
provincial police director, said the accident took place at 8:20 Monday along
the Gapan-Olongapo Road in Barangay Alua, San Isidro.
The fatalities were Aries dela Cruz,
28, of Jaen, Nueva Ecija and a still unidentified passenger.
Police said those involved were a blue Nissan
Sentra car with license plate ZAW 186, and driven by Dela Cruz, a white Isuzu tractor
head with tanker trailer with bearing license plate LPN RKN 526, driven by
Rodrigo Pascual, 52, of Alicia, Isabela and a passenger jeepney with license
plate number MDP 763 driven by Mar Senia, 26, of Sto Cristo, San Isidro.
The car was traveling at full speed to
Jaen when it bumped the tractor after negotiating a sharp curve, causing the
car to spin around and hit the jeepney.
Dela Cruz and his three passengers sustained
injuries and were rushed to a hospital in nearby Gapan City but dela Cruza and one
passenger were pronounced deads on arrival.
Pascual was placed under the custody of the San Isidro police and was charged with reckless imprudence resulting to double homicide with physical injuries and damage to properties. (Manny Galvez)
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