2 dead, 14 injured in Zamboanga del Sur road crash
The delivery truck that triggered the deadly crash lies on its side in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur (Photo by Leah Agonoy)
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – Two persons died while 14 others were injured after a 10-wheeler truck rammed six other vehicles along the national highway in Barangay Pag-asa in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur on Black Saturday.
The Dumalinao Municipal Information Office said that a 10-wheeler delivery truck driven by Ricky Miguel Guerrero, 29, of Barangay Lumayang, Zamboanga City had a brake malfunction while en route to Pagadian City.
Upon nearing the town’s municipal police station at around 10 a.m., Guerrero lost control of the truck, which hit six other vehicles – a pickup truck, a mini van, a truck, a motorcycle, and two tricycles.
(Photo by Leah Agonoy)
The fatalities were identified as a certain Lolita, 76, passenger of the pickup truck and a certain Rene, 50, a tricycle dispatcher.
Guerrero surrendered to the local police after the incident.
(Photo by Leah Agonoy)