MANILA, Philippines – A road accident involving a passenger bus and a motorcycle in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental Tuesday night left 3 people killed.
The victims were identified by Gingoog City Police Station Director Superintendent Isaias Bacurnay Jr. as motorcycle driver Abdul Dariday, Dariday’s wife Rosnia and sister-in-law Nora Tandayaw.
Investigations showed that the motorcycle hit the driver’s side of the bus, pinning the 3 victims under the vehicle.
Authorities said the accident occurred at the national highway in Barangay Agay-Ayan, Gingoog City around 8:15 p.m.
The bus driver, Catalino Badana, is in the custody of the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group.
He will face a charge of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide.
The Butuan City bus that Badana was driving was headed to Cagayan de Oro when it collided with the motorcycle. -- Report from Trini Velasco, ABS-CBN Cagayan de Oro
