BACOLOD City – A 24-year-old student was killed after being hit by a Ceres bus around 4:10 p.m. on Friday along the national highway of Purok Daisy, Barangay Camingawan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.
Police identified the victim as Jonel Prieto Pelayo, of Sitio Lucay, Barangay Camingawan, Kabankalan City. He was declared “dead on the spot” by the emergency team that had responded to the incident.
The King Long bus was being driven by Rogelio Estalar Jacomilla, Jr., 44, of Barangay Daan Banua I, Kabankalan City.
Jacomilla surrendered himself to the Kabankalan City Police Station immediately after the incident./PN
