BACOLOD City – They were on their way home when the figured in a road accident.
The 75-year-old laborer Folgencio Soriano of Barangay Miranda in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental died, a police report showed.
Soriano was riding a tricycle driven by his nephew Benjie Salmayor, 39, of Barangay M.H. Del Pilar, Pontevedra when the accident happened.
Soriano was sitting behind Salmayor while their other relatives were inside the sidecar.
According to police investigation, Salmayor lost control of the tricycle while navigating a curve around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Sitio Guintubdan, Barangay Ara-al, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.
The vehicle hit a steel railing along the road.
Soriano – a widower – fell of the tricycle and sustained severe injuries. He was declared “dead on arrival” at a hospital in La Carlota City.
Soriano and his relatives came from a mountain resort before the incident happened./PN
