THE Mandaue City Government filed four cases against Ian Atillo, the motorbike driver who hit a traffic enforcer after he tried to escape his traffic violations, at the City Prosecutors Office of Mandaue City Hall of Justice.
Glenn Antigua, chief for operations of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue, said the case on disobedience of authority was filed last Tuesday while the cases of frustrated murder, driving under the influence of liquor and driving without license were last Wednesday.
Atillo’s parents came to the office of lawyer Mae Elaine Bathan, chief-of-staff of the city mayor, to ask the City Government if it is possible not to file charges or the cases to be filed will be downgraded.
“Gipasabot nato sa ginikanan ang kalapasan nga gibuhat sa ilahang anak (We let the parents understand the violations made by their son), which we believe and the mayor firmly stands, nga dili gyud pwede piyungan or pasayluon lang pud sa syudad sa Mandaue (that the City Government cannot just easily forgive him), especially because we’ve worked so hard to improve our traffic nga magdisiplina ta sa atoang mga (and discipline the) motorists,” said Bathan.
Atillo was flagged down by a traffic enforcer during a checkpoint after he was seen not wearing a helmet while driving his motorcycle on M. L. Quezon Highway in Barangay Maguikay last Monday night.
Instead of heeding the signal of the traffic enforcer, Atillo sped off and hit another traffic enforcer, Cresencio Balili, who was standing on the road.
The headlight of Atillo’s motorcycle was also not turned on. He was also driving without a license. Atillo is a resident Barangay Tisa, Cebu City and is renting a room in Barangay Canduman, Mandaue.
Bathan said that everyone must also respect the traffic enforcers and follow the traffic rules and regulations.
“This should serve as a lesson to everybody so di pwede iatras sa city ang kaso (the City Government will not stop filing the case),” she said.
As of today (Thursday), Balili is still in the hospital.
According to Bathan, Balili’s CT Scan result was fine, but he is still complaining on the pain in his lower back after he hit first his waist then head on the road.
The City Government shouldered all the expenses in the hospital.
Balili will still be under observation for one to two months because it could be possible that the effects of the incident will not manifest right away, said Bathan.
By the time he will be out from the hospital and will report back to work, Bathan said the mayor instructed to just assign Balili in the Team office and will not do field work until there is a final clearance from the doctor. (FMG/VoxPop Cebu)