Boy, 8, dies in road mishap

SAN JACINTO, Pangasinan, Philippines — An eight-year-old boy died while two others were injured when a sport utility vehicle plowed through eight vehicles parked in Barangay Pag-asa in this town on Sunday.

Mark Jayson Frianeza was declared dead on arrival at the Region 1 Medical Center in Dagupan City, where Cleoneil Dacomos, 19, and Jasper Ibasitas, 13, were also taken for treatment of injuries.

The victims were hanging out in the area when a Nissan Patrol driven by businessman Danilo Regua, 59, crashed into the vehicles.

Regua told probers that he was avoiding another vehicle, causing him to lose control of the wheel.

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