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WRECK. Three dead, 8 injured in vehicular collision in Zambales. Photo by Randy V. Datu
ZAMBALES, Philippines – Three persons were killed, while 8 others were seriously injured on Wednesday, October 24, in a vehicular collision between a UV Express and an assembled jeepney along the national highway in Iba town, this province.
In a report from Police Senior Inspector Noime Diaz, chief of Iba Municipal Police Station, the fatalities were identified as:
- Emmanuel Villar, 43, of Sta. Cruz town, driver of a UV Express with conduction number 036405
- Joseph Elmark Macadaan Depamayo, 26, driver of an assembled jeep with plate number CCN 777
- Aldrin Deguia, 32, passenger of the jeep
Demapayo and Deguia were both residents of Barangay San Agustin, Iba, Zambales.
COLLISION. Photo by Randy V. Datu
They were pronounced dead on arrival by attending physician Percival Maninang of the President Pamon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital in Iba.
Recuperating in the hospital were:
- Mark Joseph Mayo, 21, of Sta Cruz town
- Annabel Murados, 31, Sta Cruz
- Joymee Maronoc, 29, Masinloc
- Jeffrey Edejer, 42, Candelaria
- Christelle Quito, 24, Palauig
- Mark Ryan Anchocoso, 23, Iba
- Elane Castro, 22, Masinloc
- Janine Gonzales, 25, Masinloc,
All 8 were passengers of the UV Express.
Based on initial investigation, at around 11:45 pm Wednesday, the UV Express was traversing fast northward going to Sta Cruz, when a passenger named Oscar Mas noticed the jeep was swerving at speed towards the south direction, and eventually crashed into the driver’s side of the van.
The impact pinned Villar to his driver’s seat and rendered him unconscious, while Depamayo and Deguia were thrown out of the jeep to their death. – Rappler.com
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