By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga
A barker was killed after he was ran over by a speeding jeepney along Gatuslao Street, part of Barangay 21, Bacolod City, late Wednesday evening.
Police identified the fatality as 62-year-old Alex Bacalso, a resident of Purok Boulevard, Barangay 13 of the said city.
Traffic investigators from the Bacolod City Police Office-Traffic Management Unit (BCPO-TMU) said Bacalso was accidentally run over by a Banago-Libertad jeepney driven by 32-year-old Christopher Domo.
Bacalso was rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) for treatment, but later died due to the severity of his injuries.
Domo, meanwhile, surrendered to the traffic investigator and was brought to Police Station 1 (PS1).
The suspect could face vehicular manslaughter charges./WDJ