BACOLOD City — Four people, including two male minors, were injured after a pickup truck allegedly rammed a tricycle, hit several parked motorcycles and crashed into a roadside store along the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway in Barangay Sum-ag early Sunday, October 11.
The accident occurred at around 4:30 a.m., according to the initial investigation of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU).
The injured victims were the pickup truck driver, identified as an 18-year-old woman known by the alias Sherly; the tricycle driver, a 49-year-old man identified as alias Rob; and two minor passengers of the tricycle.
Police investigation showed that the pickup truck was traveling westbound at an undetermined speed when it allegedly struck the rear portion of the tricycle traveling in the same direction.
The pickup driver reportedly fell asleep while driving, causing the collision, police said.
Following the impact, the pickup truck continued forward and struck several motorcycles parked along the roadside before crashing into a store owned by alias Lyn, 58, a resident of Purok San Jose 1 in Barangay Sum-ag.
Both drivers and the two minor passengers sustained injuries in the incident.
Responding personnel from the Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office ambulance service provided emergency assistance and transported the victims to South Bacolod General Hospital for medical treatment.
The vehicles involved were temporarily brought to Police Station 9 for documentation and further investigation.
The TEU, in coordination with Police Station 9, is investigating the incident to establish the full circumstances surrounding the collision./PN
