ILOILO City – A car hit a resident drying palay along a road in Barangay Ilongbukid, Badiangan, Iloilo.
Eduardo Alcantara sustained injuries on the foot and body.
The 44-year-old was confined in the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan town, a police report showed.
Perfecto Bayani, 29, also of Barangay Ilongbukid, was driving the car.
He overtook a motorcycle at around 3 p.m. Wednesday but failed to notice Alcantara standing along the road, stated the police report.
Officers arrested and detained Bayani at the Badiangan police station but released him when he vowed to pay the victim’s medical bills./PN
