BACOLOD City – Eleven personnel of the 604th Company of the Philippine National Police Regional Mobile Force Battalion in Western Visayas (RMFB-6) safely returned to their respective units after sustaining injuries when their service vehicle figured in a road accident in Barangay Caningay, Candoni, Negros Occidental on Monday.
Lieutenant Judesses Catalogo, public information officer of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO), said the policemen were immediately discharged after seeking treatment at a hospital in neighboring Kabankalan City.
“They were outpatients. They only had minor injuries,” he added.
Those injured were patrolmen Jerome Tolentino, Joey Bana-ag, Eric Abela, Bryan Ambaja, Jared King Dadivas, and Immam James Apucay, the driver.
Others were corporals Mark Jil Salazar, John Arevalo, Regie Tacdoro, Noriel Vergara, and Kenneth Valiao.
They were among the 16 passengers of the patrol car, JMC troop carrier, conducting routine road patrol at around 11 a.m. on Monday.
The vehicle turned turtle after overshooting a curved portion of the national road and crashing into the roadside.
The injured policemen were first brought to the Candoni Rural Health Unit and later referred to the Holy Mother of Mercy Hospital in Kabankalan City. (PNA)/PN
