BACOLOD City — A 26-year-old motorcycle rider died after falling onto the pavement and being run over by a taxi following a collision with a tricycle along Araneta Street in Barangay 39 early Monday, October 12.
Police identified the fatality as alias “Delvin,” a resident of Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City.
Police Major Elmer Bonilla, head of the Bacolod City Police Office Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU), said the victim was traveling north along Araneta Street at around 1:30 a.m. when his motorcycle crashed into a tricycle driven by an unidentified man.
Delvin fell onto the pavement and was subsequently run over by a northbound Mitsubishi Adventure taxi driven by alias “Fernando,” 72, a resident of Barangay Pahanocoy.
The victim died at the scene, Bonilla said, adding that the tricycle driver fled after the incident.
Fernando, meanwhile, voluntarily surrendered to Police Station 1.
Authorities are continuing their investigation into the incident.(WDJ)/PN
