High School Student Dies, 15-Year-Old Injured in Iloilo Crash

By Jennifer P. Rendon

A Grade 12 student died, and his 15-year-old companion was injured after their motorcycle overshot a curve early Sunday, Feb. 16, in San Dionisio, Iloilo.

Police identified the fatality only as alias Peter, 17, a resident of Barangay Amayong, San Dionisio.

His backrider, Jo, 15, a Grade 10 student from the same village, sustained injuries.

Capt. Edward Villanis, San Dionisio police chief, said the teenagers were heading home from a wake in Barangay Amayong when they crashed in Barangay Bagacay around 1:10 a.m.

As they negotiated a curve, they lost control and slammed into a roadside railing.

Peter was thrown from the motorcycle and landed in a rice field about two meters below the roadside.

Both victims were rushed to Sara District Hospital, but Peter was declared dead on arrival.

Jo was later transferred to a hospital in Iloilo City for further treatment.

Barangay tanods claimed the teenagers were speeding when the accident happened.

They were also not wearing helmets.

Police said Peter did not have a driver’s license, and the motorcycle was unregistered.