• THERESA MAE DULMAN
A 26-year-old motorcyclist died in a double hit-and-run collision along Araneta Street, fronting a hotel in Barangay 39, Bacolod City, early morning yesterday, Oct. 12.
The Bacolod City Police Office Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) said the victim, Delvin Palencia, of Barangay Mansilingan, was on his black Honda TMX 125 at around 1:30 a.m. when a motorcycle with a sidecar collided with him.
The impact threw Palencia onto the pavement, where he was subsequently run over by a northbound Mitsubishi Adventure taxi driven by 72-year-old “Fernando”.
Bacolod Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office personnel found Palencia with no signs of life.
The driver of the unidentified motorcycle fled the scene following the crash, and remains at large.
Meanwhile, the Police Station 1 has taken custody of the senior citizen and his taxi for proper disposition. | TMD
