Two individuals lost their lives following a collision involving a motorcycle and a truck on the National Highway in Purok Dose, Sitio Tacduan, Barangay Inagawan-Sub Colony, Puerto Princesa City, around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29.
A police report obtained by Palawan News identified the victims as Fernando Belleza Garcia, 40, a government employee, and his passenger, Marciana P. Sonio, 40, both residents of the mentioned barangay.
The initial investigation stated that Garcia was driving his motorcycle northbound on the highway towards the south when a white six-wheeler truck driven by Mario Jonilaton Jubilo Jr., 36, from Barangay Sandoval, Bataraza, Palawan, collided with them.
The report states that the motorcycle entered the truck’s lane, which caused the collision.
Due to the force of the impact, the truck dragged the motorcycle approximately 30 meters from the site of the accident.
The two victims were taken to the Luzviminda Satellite Clinic, where they were declared dead.
Jubilo and his passenger, Francis Fresnillo, were unharmed.
