A senior citizen died after a truck collided with his tricycle and hit a nipa hut along the national highway in Brgy. III-Poblacion, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, early Sunday morning, Sept. 1.
Killed was Paterno Belleza, 67, a resident of Purok Casiana, Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City.
Rex Quibrantar, 46, a resident of Burgos St. Hinigaran town, was driving the truck from Hinigaran to Bacolod when he lost control of the vehicle.
It vehicle veered into the opposite lane resulting to the collision with the tricycle driven by Belleza.
The impact of the collision caused the vehicles to hit a nearby nipa hut.
The victim sustained multiple injuries and was brought to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival.
Quibrantar is now detained at the Hinigaran Police Station.*