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BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
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ILOILO City – A late Saturday night vehicular accident killed a sports car passenger along the Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Barangay Dungon B, Jaro district.
The 19-year-old Chester Lane Go of Arevalo district got stuck inside the Hyundai Genesis Coupe that hit the center island of the national highway, turned turtle all the way to the other side of the road and hit another vehicle.
The sports car was running some 200 kph, according to city fire marshal Superintendent Jerry Candido of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). His men who responded to the scene of the accident had to rip open the car’s roof and door on the passenger side to pull out Go.
The car (plate number TQH 866) was driven by John Trevor Galindez, a 20-year-old resident of Oton, Iloilo.
Galindez and Go were bound for Barangay Ungka, Jaro from Barangay Taft North, Mandurriao district, according to the Jaro Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Unit.
Galindez was hurt but survived the accident. He had cuts and bruises on the head and hands. His nose and mouth bled.
Galindez lost control of the car that also hit several palm trees and street lights.
The other car that Galindez hit was an Isuzu Sportivo (plate number UTO 293) driven by John Castor, a 43-year-old resident of Mandurriao.
“Go was no longer breathing when my men reached the accident site. Ang ulo niya nagatandog na sa iya tiil,” said Candido.
BFP personnel were trained how to respond to vehicular accidents, too, he stressed.
Galindez failed to present his driver’s license, said Candido./PN
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