LAGAWE, Ifugao May 09 – A 5-yer old girl died after she was rammed over by a Banaue-bound Dangwa bus when she suddenly crossed the road at Cudog, here, Recently.
Police authorities identified the fatality as Lhiam Zharina Gad-Icon Limos , 5 years old, female and a resident of Cudog, Lagawe, Ifugao.
Initial police investigation showed that the Banaue-bound Dangwa bus driven by John Kendrick Pataweg Dinamling, 28 years old, single, driver, and a resident of Purok 4, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya was negotiating a portion of the road when the victim suddenly crossed the road that caused her to be rammed over the vehicle.
The victim was rushed by concerned citizens to the Natuwolan clinic but she was declared dead on arrival by attending physicians.
The bus driver was temporarily detained at the Lagawe Municipal Police Station awaiting the filing of the appropriate charges against him before the provincial prosecutor’s office.
By Dexter A. See