Pickup hits motorbike, causes man’s loss of life

A CCTV footage reveals how a pickup truck hit a motorbike with a again rider inflicting the motive force of the latter to lose management and crash. This occurred on Tuesday morning, October 8, in Carcar Metropolis, Cebu. | Screenshot from contributed video by way of Paul Lauro

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A 49-year-old man heading to church died in a hit-and-run incident alongside the Nationwide Freeway in Sitio Bonsai, Brgy. Bolinawan, Carcar Metropolis, Cebu on early Tuesday morning, October 8.

The sufferer was run over after falling off a motorbike that was first hit by a pickup truck, whose driver instantly fled the scene.

In response to police, the deadly accident involving three autos occurred at round 5:40 a.m. on Tuesday

The lifeless sufferer was recognized as Rodante Genon Tan, 49, a resident of Squina Bonbon, Brgy. Ocaña, Carcar Metropolis.

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On the day of the incident, he was the backrider of the motorbike pushed by Dioscoro Canape, 64.

The 2 males had been touring from Ocaña to the Saint Catherine church, the place Tan served as a church pianist, on early Tuesday morning.

Whereas they had been traversing the freeway, a pickup truck heading the identical method, north, because the motorbike overtook them. The motorbike together with his passenger had been on the center of the leftmost lane when the pickup truck overtook them on the left aspect. Nonetheless, proper aspect of the again of the pickup truck clipped the deal with of the motorbike. This precipitated the motive force of the motorbike to lose management and crash on the street. 

This additionally despatched the backrider, Tan, flying from the again of the motorbike, touchdown on the alternative lane and proper below the wheels of the truck passing on the appropriate lane. The sufferer suffered head accidents inflicting his loss of life.

Canape, the motorbike driver, however, sustained accidents on his physique.

The truck that run over Tan, pushed by 38-year-old Felix Candelaria Eñoza, instantly pulled over by the aspect of the street after noticing what occurred.

The pickup truck, nonetheless, didn’t assist the victims and continued to drive north.

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When emergency personnel arrived, the victims had been rushed to the Cebu Provincial Hospital-Carcar for speedy medical remedy.

Tan handed away just a few hours later or at 6:44 a.m. because of the severity of his accidents, in line with police.

In the meantime, Canape is now recovering from his accidents on the hospital.

Police took custody of Eñoza after the incident. He’s now detained on the Carcar Metropolis Police Station’s custodial facility.

Nonetheless, he can be launched quickly because the sufferer’s household has opted to not file expenses after Eñoza promised to offer monetary compensation as a substitute.

As of this writing, legislation enforcers are working to determine and apprehend the motive force of the pickup truck by reviewing CCTV footage.

As soon as the erring driver is recognized, police can be submitting a cost of reckless imprudence ensuing to murder in opposition to the motive force of the car.

Carcar Metropolis is a fifth-class municipality of the Cebu province and is situated some 40 kilometers south of Cebu Metropolis.

The hit-and-run incident in Carcar Metropolis occurred some two days after one other hit-and-run incident in Mandaue Metropolis the place an SUV hit a motorbike that killed the motive force and his passenger a lady.

As of this posting, the Mandaue police solely retrieved the deserted SUV in a northern Cebu subdivision whereas they proceed to search out out who the motive force of the car concerned within the collision was.

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