5 riders die in one day in Cagayan, Ilocos Sur

By Freddie G. Lazaro

CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur — A total of five motorcycle riders were killed in separate road accidents in this province and Ilocos Sur last Wednesday, prompting police authorities to warn motorbike riders to take extra precaution along national roads.

Senior Police Officer 1 Ronald Pasual, chief investigator of the Iguig Municipal Police Station (MPS), said three riders on one motorcycle were killed instantly in an accident the other day in Barangay Salamagui.

Pasual identified the fatalities as Santiago Buquel, Benigno Buquel, and Jerry Paleg, whose motorcycle allegedly veered to the opposite lane and run smack into an oncoming van.

Van driver Fredolyn Oñate and two of his occupants were injured in the head-on collision, the prober added.

In Candon City, Ilocos Sur, another motorcycle figured in a road accident with a passenger bus, killing its two riders.

Police identified the fatalities as Albert Soliven and RonelSagun, who had allegedly sped off from a police checkpoint on the national highway prior to the collision.

Probers noted that the southbound bus, driven by Jonel Gubatan, 40, was slow moving when it collided with the motorcycle.