MindanaoToday.com | Passenger killed as huge tree collapses on ‘rela’
A female high school student of the Misamis Oriental Integrated School of Technology (MOIST) in Balingasag town, Misamis Oriental was declared dead-on-arrival in a public hospital after a freak accident Friday morning, May 24.
She was pulled out from a flattened motorela due to powerful impact caused by a huge tree that collapsed and hit the vehicle amid incessant rains and strong wind early that day. Another passenger, also a student, was hurt.
Captain Enrique Francisco Dungog, chief of the Balingasag Municipal Police Station, identified the victim as Princess Collien Tadlas, a grade 8 student of MOIST, and a resident of Barangay Binitinan, Balingasag.
The victim was on her way to school for final examinations for this school year.
The incident happened near the Baliwagan National High School, also in Balingasag town.
The driver voluntarily turned himself in to the police immediately after the incident. [UCQ/MT]
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