BACOLOD City – A member of the Philippine Navy was killed while another person was injured in a road crash in Barangay Calumangan, Bago City, Negros Occidental.
Franky Satander Dorepes of Barangay Canjusa, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental died of serious injuries on the body, a police report showed.
Wounded was 60-year-old Efren Villanes of Barangay Pahanocoy, it added.
According to police investigators, Dorepes was driving his car when it crashed against a pick-up truck – driven by still unidentified person – with Villanes as passenger around 12:15 a.m. on Thursday.
Dorepes was brought to the Bago City Hospital where he was declared dead around 12:50 a.m.
Meanwhile, Villanes received treatment at the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Medical Center in this city.
Police officers have yet to identify the truck driver, who fled after the incident./PN
