A 27-year-old motorcyclist was killed after he crashed in a gutter along Araneta Avenue beside the flyover in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, early Tuesday morning, Jan. 27.
The police identified the victim as Leomar Alpetche, a resident of Purok Tuburan, Brgy. Cayhagan, Sipalay City, who was driving a gray Yamaha Sniper motorcycle.
The police said the motorcycle was traveling from south to north along Araneta Avenue at around 1:15 a.m. when the rider lost control, swerved to the right, and hit the road gutter.
The impact threw the victim off the motorcycle, causing his body to strike a concrete post before hitting the gutter and road surface, resulting in severe injuries to different parts of his body.
Personnel of the Barangay Singcang-Airport Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office assisted the victim and rushed him to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was declared dead by the attending physician at around 1:47 a.m. Tuesday.*