TABUK CITY, Kalinga January 27 – A miner died after he was bumped by an alleged speeding vehicle along the road at Purok 4, Bulanao, here, Thursday.
Police authorities identified the fatality as Joel Ganny Wailan, of legal age, single, miner, native of Bagtayan, Pasil, Kalinga and a resident of Purok 5, Bulanao, Tabuk City, Kalinga while the suspect who was driving the vehicle was named as Briccio Reyes Diasen, 26 years old, single, liaison of Kalinga Lumber and a resident of Bonifacio St. Dagupan West, Tabuk City, Kalinga.
Initial police investigation showed the victim was crossing the road in a zigzag manner when he was bumped by the vehicle driven by the suspect and was thrown several meters away from the accident scene.
The victim was rushed to the Kalinga Provincial Hospital for medical treatment but he was declared dead on arrival by attending physicians due to multiple head and body injuries.
The suspect voluntarily surrendered to the responding police operatives to answer for the crime he did not deliberately do.
By Dexter A. See