Sunday, October 05, 2008 TV Patrol host hurt in road mishap
ABS-CBN News Star Patroller Phoemela Barranda and her rumored boyfriend Ira Cruz were injured after the vehicle they were riding in crashed into a street light post in Makati's Urdaneta Village early Saturday morning.
Initial reports said Barranda and Cruz, a guitarist of the alternative rock band Bamboo, were on board a Ford Escape sports utility vehicle when the accident took place at 2 a.m.
Urdaneta Village security guard Mike Barreto was the first to respond to the accident.
Barreto said Barranda immediately identified herself and asked him to call for a towing service.
A movie personality reportedly fetched Barranda and Cruz and brought them to the Makati Medical Center for treatment.
But the hospital management refused to confirm the news.
A source, however, inside the hospital said the two were indeed brought for treatment, adding that they sustained only minor injuries and were released after receiving first aid medication.
Barranda or known as "Phoem" is the entertainment anchor of ABS-CBN's TV Patrol World. She is also one of the co-hosts of ABS-CBN's Sunday entertainment show The Buzz. (AH/Sunnex)
