BACOLOD City – Crossing the road turned fatal for a girl in Barangay Pilar, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental.
The 13-year-old victim from Barangay 4, Hinigaran, sustained injuries on the head and the body, a police report showed.
According to police investigators, the victim was accidentally hit by a delivery truck driven by 61-year-old Mikel Lagonero of Barangay Kabulacan, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental around 3 a.m. on March 6.
The victim’s cadaver was brought to a local mortuary.
Lagonero, meanwhile, was detained in the lockup facility of the Hinigaran municipal police station, facing charges./PN
