MITCH M. LIPA
An elderly tricycle driver and his three passengers, one of them a Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad, were pinned to death after a pickup truck bumped their tricycle along Sitio Bulobitu-on in Barangay Miranda, Hinigaran town, Negros Occidental Thursday afternoon.
The fatalities were identified as Simeon Noblezada, 62, and passengers Kent Tolido, 19, SK kagawad of Barangay Miranda, Meldy Capillo and Dena Espinosa, both of legal age and residents of Hinigaran.
Hinigaran police chief, P/Major Jake Barila, said both vehicles were travelling in the same direction from south to north. The tricycle was about to take a left when it was hit by the trailing pickup truck, driven by Christopher Antiqueno, 50, of Stone Heaven Subdivision in Barangay Granada, Bacolod City.
Both vehicles rolled into a canal because of the strong impact, Barila said, adding that those in the tricycle died on the spot while Antiqueno and his passengers were slightly wounded.
Antiqueno is now detained at the custodial facility of the Hinigaran police for proper disposition, and is facing charges for reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide. – MML
