3 DIE, 7 HURT IN QUEZON ROAD COLLISION

A ROAD mishap in Tiaong, Quezon before dawn Sunday left three people, including a nine-year-old boy, dead and seven others wounded.

A report to Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon) Director Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas identified the fatalities as Angelo Palacio, 17; Guillermo Catamco Jr., and Leo Dizon Mintecalbo, 9, all residents of Masbate City.

The three were passengers of a Toyota van driven by Emgee Catalla Compuesto.

The injured were Lenie De Los Reyes Dizon, 52; Eric Atienza, 51; Nasser Fajardo Lominog, 34; Rex Açuña Cañete, 27; Sandy Reyes Flores, 13; Jean Cabacus, 12; and Rosjan Semilliano Pelayo, 3, also of Masbate City.

Investigation showed that the collision occurred at 3:30 a.m. Sunday on Maharlika Highway in Bgy. Talisay, Tiaong, Quezon.

The van overtook a Mitsubishi X-pander driven by Francus Ramos, 56, from Bgy. Bukal, Pagbilao, Quezon.

However, the van collided with the Mitsubishi E-pander then into an oncoming Bicol  Isarog bus driven by Anthony Sambrano Nazareno, 34, of  Manambag,  San Andres, Catanduanes.