ILOILO City – A policeman was killed while two teenagers were injured during a crash between two motorcycles.
The 32-year-old Police Officer 1 Alfie Salsalida sustained head and body injuries.
Salsalida was pronounced “dead on arrival” at the Aleosan District Hospital for a fatal injury on the head.
A native of Bago City, Negros Occidental, Salsalida was detailed at the 601st Regional Mobile Force Battalion.
The crash happened at around 12:45 p.m. on Monday in Barangay Bagongbayan Ilahas, Alimodian, Iloilo.
Salsalida was driving a motorcycle on his way to their office when he overtook a preceding tricycle. But he failed to notice an incoming motorcycle, said Inspector Danilo Noca, Alimodian police chief, citing investigation.
Two teenagers on board the other motorcycle were injured.
Jhon Portillo, 18, and Sophie Torres, 17 – both residents of Barangay Dalid, Alimodian – were confined at the Western Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao district. Portillo was driving./PN
