A motorcyclist was killed after colliding with another motorcycle Saturday evening in EB Magalona’s Barangay Sto. Niño. Authorities identified the fatality as 37-year-old Michael Balcena of Purok Hervias II in Bacolod City’s Barangay Villamonte.
According to police, the motorcyclist in question was operating southbound when he collided with a motorcycle operated by 35-year-old Lauro Bellos of Hacienda Manalo 5 in the town’s Barangay Tanza while executing a U-turn.
Following the collision, he was immediately brought to Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City where he was declared dead-on-arrival.
Bellos and his common law wife, 41-year-old Jocelyn Carizo, who was riding with him, were both hospitalized.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident./WDJ