At least one person was confirmed dead, while seven others were injured, following an accident yesterday morning involving three vehicles at Purok Katilingban in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mansilingan. Police identified the fatality as 62-year-old Diosdado Jurada, a resident of the said barangay.
As of press time, police have not released the names of the injured but the seven were immediately rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Based on initial investigations carried out by Police Station 7 (PS7) traffic investigators, a passenger jeepney was stopping for Jurada when it was struck by a 10-wheeler truck after the latter was attempting to go around the idle public utility vehicle. The subsequent force of the impact pushed the passenger jeep and struck a small dump truck, with the occupants inside the jeepney thrown forward.
Jurada was declared dead on the spot.
PS7 is still carrying out a follow-up investigation into the accident./DGB, WDJ