AGUINALDO, Ifugao – A 42-year old motorcycle driver died while his fellow motorcycle driver was hurt after their vehicles collided head on along the national highway at Nagtipunan Posnaan here Saturday.
Senior Superintendent Constancio Chinayog, jr., officer-in-charge of the Ifugao Provincial Police Office, identified the victim was Erwin Geronimo, 42 while he named the injured driver as Danniel Carabbbacan Ballaya, 32, both residents of Posnaan, Aguinaldo, Ifugao
Initial police investigation showed the vehicles of the victim and his fellow driver came from opposite direction when the victim tried to overtake a truck but while at the middle of the road, the same collided head on with the motorcycle that came from the opposite direction.
The two injured motorcycle drivers were rushed to the Santiago City Hospital in nearby Isabela but the victim died several later while undergoing medical attention. The injured driver is still confined in the hospital undergoing close medical supervision.
By Dexter A. See