ILOILO City – He was not as lucky as his two passengers.
Tricycle driver Gaudencio Patani died when he and passengers Joyleen Grace Ticar and Ymcey Sangeles figured in a crash around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday in Barangay Amar, Tibiao, Antique, a police report showed.
Ricar and Sangeles were hurt.
Patani, Ricar and Sangeles were navigating the national highway when a Ford Ranger pick-up driven by Tibiao’s municipal engineer Ricman Blancia accidentally hit the tricycle they were riding, police said.
Blancia was detained in the municipal police station. He vowed to pay for all the medical and burial expenses of the victims./PN