BY NYARIKA DOMANAIS
ANTIQUE – Two drivers were dead while a backrider was injured following a motorcycle collision in Barangay Carit-an, Patnongon town.
Police identified the fatalities as Kimbert Mandeoya, 25, and resident of the town’s Barangay Gella and Fritz Gerald Nadales of Barangay Carit-an.
They both succumbed to fatal head injuries.
Joshua Talidong, 27, of Barangay Samalague, and Maneoya’s backrider, also sustained a head injury. He was undergoing treatment at a hospital.
Police Captain Ryan Valenzuela, officer-in-charge of Patnongon Municipal Police Station, said the accident took place around 12:12 a.m. on Thursday, May 16.
Both motorcycles were running in opposite directions. Nadales was inebriated when he accidentally collided with Mandeoya and Talidong’s motorcycle, Valenzuela said.
He added that all three were not wearing helmets./PN
