4 dead in vehicular mishaps

MANILA, Philippines — Four persons died in separate vehicular accidents in Luzon on Saturday.

Michael Bombasi, 26, was on a motorcycle when it hit a bus driven by Eragym Obar in Alaminos, Pangasinan at around  10 p.m.

Bombasi died at th scene while Obar was brought in for investigation.

Saturnino Disu was checking the engine of his sport utility vehicle (SUV) along the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway in Villasis town when he was hit by a van driven by Elino Balbido, 48.

Disu was declared dead on arrival at the Urdaneta Sacred Heart Hospital in nearby Urdaneta City.

Meanwhile, in Isabela, Lauro Baligod, 45, and Arsenic Mateo, 17, died in separate motorcycle accidents in Cabagan town and Ilagan City, respectively.

Baligod was traveling in Barangay Ngarag at around 6:30 p.m. when his motorcycle collided with another motorcycle driven by Rexie Dayawen, 39.

Baligod was declared dead on arrival at the Milagros Albano District Hospital, where his passenger Jeck Huweit and Dayawen were also taken for treatment of injuries.

Mateo’s motorcycle collided with the motorcycle of James Santos, 20, in Barangay Morado at around 9:30 p.m.  – Raymund Catindig