BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO – A motorcycle rider died in Barangay Tigum, Pavia, Iloilo, at around 1:07 a.m. on Jan. 1.
James Clifford Hilisan, 24, was a resident of Barangay Purok 1, Pavia. He was going to Barangay Tigum.
He allegedly failed to see an oncoming tricycle and lost control of the steering bar, causing him to slide and crash.
Hilisan was brought to the Western Visayas Sanitarium Hospital in Santa Barbara, Iloilo but did not survive the injury to his head.
“Kada tuig may mga grupo na da sang mga kabataan upod ni ang biktima , tradition nila magbulag ang tuig nga maglibot sa banwa sakay sang ila motorsiklo nga daw nagapagahod. Pero natabuan sang tion nga to nga naaksidente ni ang biktima kay daw na alang-alang ni siya sa sugata niya nga tricycle kag naka-slide ang iya motor. Nakalampos ang iya ulo rason sang iya kamatayon,” said Police Major Rolando Araño, Pavia police chief.
Meanwhile, Punong Barangay Danny Largo Jacintos clarified that there was no motorcycle drag race.
“Ang mga kabataan dira daw nagaeksibisyon bala para mag gihahod pero nasaway na sila sang mga tanod. Te daw kalain nga dira natabo sa akon barangay pero wala na namon sila gina tolerar,” Jacintos said./PN
