Merchandiser dies, co-worker injured in road mishap

By Glazyl Y. Masculino

BACOLOD City – Two persons met tragedy after coming from a Christmas Party when their motorcycle collided with a multicab in Barangay Punta Taytay here yesterday.

Police identified the fatality as Chelwin Duay of Barangay Bata, a merchandiser in a shopping mall.

Wounded was his co-worker Rusty Endrada of Isabela, Negros Occidental.

Police Captain Michael Tuburan, head of Police Station 9, said the two victims were allegedly speeding on their way home from a beach resort around 3 a.m. when they overlapped into the opposite lane causing a head-on-collision.

Tuburan said that it was raining at that time and the road was also slippery.

Due to the impact, Duay, who was driving the motorcycle, died on the spot, while his co-worker suffered minor injuries and is confined at Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) here.

The two victims were not wearing helmets, according to Tuburan. The multicab driver, who is a fish vendor, was unharmed, he added.

Tuburan said that the multicab driver was released from police custody yesterday following a settlement with the victims’ families.