1 dead, 5 hurt in head-on collision

A man died while five others were injured when a Kia Pregio with license plates DSX-809 collided head-on with a Toyota Revo with license plates XMX-922 along the National Road in Muntinlupa early yesterday morning.

Police Officer 3 Edgardo Gonzalez, traffic investigator, said the driver of the Toyota Revo, identified as Lorenzo San Miguel, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Muntinlupa Medical Center.

San Miguel’s four passengers, identified as Marvin Vine, 23; Carlos Suaze, 28; Joseph Ramos, 35; and Vicente Baquian, 29; all residents of JPA Subdivision, Barangay Tunasan, Muntinlupa City, are now confined in hospitals.

Meanwhile the driver of the Kia Pregio vehicle,Aurora Sebastian, of Phase 2 Pacita Complex, San Pedro Laguna, was pinned inside the car and needs to undergo an operation. Police, however, said she is not in critical conditon.

Initial investigation showed that at around 3 a.m. Sebastian was moving southbound of the National Road. When she reached Barangay Tunasan, the front left side portion of her car collided with the front left portion of an oncoming Toyota Revo.