FIVE people, including three children, were injured in a vehicular incident in Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Friday, February 17.
Zamboanga Sibugay Police Director Romulo Cleve Taboso identified the victims as Ian Omandam, 27, Reynaldo Avila, 36, Crishel Mae Rublico, 11, Jimboy Roferos, 10 and David Ramos, four.
Taboso said the incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the village of Moalboal, Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay.
Investigation showed Omandam was driving a motorcycle with Ramos as his back rider when they were bumped from behind by another motorcycle driven by Avila with Rublico and Roferos riding in tandem.
Investigation revealed Avila bumped the rear of Omandam’s motorcycle as he failed to notice the signal light of the motorcycle ahead of him while traveling in the same direction.
Both Omandam and Avila as well as their back riders were injured. They were rushed to the hospital for treatment. (Bong Garcia/VoxPop Philippines)