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3 die in Zambo highway mishaps on Christmas Eve

By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.

December 25, 2018, 12:13 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Three people died in two separate highway accidents on Christmas Eve in Region 9, police said Tuesday.

Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer, identified the fatalities as Jonathan Timbawas, 17; Marvin Gandamon, 16; and Robert Reyes, 45.

Galvez said Timbawas was driving a motorcycle with Gandamon as his back-rider when they collided head on with a Bongo type utility vehicle, which was driven by Mark Anthony Embores, 30, around 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve along the national highway in Purok Santan, Barangay Locuban, Dumalinao, Zamboanga Del Sur.

Galvez said Timbawas encroached the opposite lane as they were on a descending curve road while traveling from Dumalinao to Pagadian City.

Timbawas and Gandamon were rushed to a private hospital in Pagadian City but were declared dead on arrival.

Embores was unscathed while his vehicle was damaged due to the impact of the collision.

Meanwhile, Reyes was driving a motorcycle when he was accidentally bumped by a 10-wheeler cargo truck driven by Richie Apduhan around 4:35 a.m. on Christmas Eve in Barangay Curuan, this city.

He suffered multiple injuries and was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician at the Cristino Paragas Memorial Hospital in Barangay Quiniput, a nearby village of Curuan. (PNA)

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