ILOILO City – A 5-year-old boy died in a vehicular crash along a highway in Barangay Iwa Ilaya, Pototan, Iloilo.
The collision between a pickup and a truck resulted in the death of Romel John Dapatnapo of Barangay Magansina, Santa Barbara town.
Dapatnapo died of a head injury, a police report stated.
He was on board the rear of the pickup that driver Edwin Superales parked along the highway at around 11:45 p.m. Monday.
His mother was holding him and trying to make him sleep when the truck driven by Fernando Majapora of Barangay Mansaya, La Paz district suddenly crashed against their pickup.
Others on board the pickup sustained mere scratches or body pains, police said.
It was not immediately clear as of this writing what led to the crash./PN
