
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)