A 35-year-old construction worker died after his motorcycle overshot a curved section of a barangay road in Escalante City, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The Escalante City Component Police Station identified the victim only as alias “Ally,” a resident of Sitio Gaway-gaway, Brgy. Jonob-jonob.
Police said the victim was traveling from Cadiz City toward Escalante City to get work materials when the incident happened along Crossing Timot in Sitio Homelot, Brgy. Jonob-jonob.
Police investigation showed that the victim was negotiating a left curve when the motorcycle overshot and its front wheel fell into a gutter.
The driver then lost control of the motorcycle and was thrown into a sugarcane field, where his head struck a rock.
Personnel of the Escalante City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office brought him to the City Health Office, where he was declared dead.
Police said the victim will undergo a post-mortem examination.*
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