Balut peddler killed in road mishap
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A 57-year-old balut vendor was killed after his tricycle accidentally bumped into a truck Tuesday at Barangay Rizal, Pontevedra, Capiz. Hoias Catedral of said place was declared dead on arrival in a hospital due to fatal head injuries and other parts of his body. According to Police

By Felipe V. Celino
By Felipe V. Celino
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A 57-year-old balut vendor was killed after his tricycle accidentally bumped into a truck Tuesday at Barangay Rizal, Pontevedra, Capiz.
Hoias Catedral of said place was declared dead on arrival in a hospital due to fatal head injuries and other parts of his body.
According to Police Major Syril Punzalan, Pontevedra PNP chief, the victim was on his way home from the town’s public market when he collided with the truck driven by Jojo De Asis, 41, who was on his way from Estancia, Iloilo to Roxas City.
Catedral allegedly failed to notice the approaching truck.
The police temporarily detained De Asis while investigation is ongoing.
Article Information
Comments (0)
LEAVE A REPLY
No comments yet
Be the first to share your thoughts!
Related Articles

HIGH TECH REVOLUTION: MORE Power upgrades ‘overstressed’ relics to unmanned, SCADA-ready hubs
When MORE Electric and Power Corporation took over power distribution in Iloilo City in 2020, its engineers walked into five deteriorating substations running on rusted equipment, overloaded transformers, and infrastructure that in some cases had not been substantially upgraded in 30 years. Five years on, four of those substations have


