BACOLOD City β The motorcycle they were riding crashed against a trailer truck in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
Forty-two-year-old Manuel Parcon Jr. of Barangay Dos Hermanas, Talisay City died, a police report showed.
Parcon was driving a Yamaha motorcycle with one back rider whose name was not disclosed when the crash happened on the access road around 12:20 a.m. on Thursday.
Parcon and the back rider sustained body injuries and were brought to the Talisay City Health Unit for treatment.
But the attending physician pronounced Parcon βdead on arrival.β
According to police investigation, Parcon and the back rider were both drunk.
Truck driver Julie Sadia, 43, of Sagay City, Negros Occidental said the motorcycle was running fast prior to the crash./PN