[UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS] A FATHER died, while his son who was driving a pick-up truck was in critical condition after the vehicle they were riding in collided with a dump truck around 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 26, in Sitio Kampatok, Barangay Dalid, Tabuelan, northwest Cebu.
Vicente Pontillas, 52, passenger of the pick-up truck, was named as the deceased, while his 25-year-old son Michael was listed as the injured.
They both hail from Purok Suba, Barangay II, Tuburan town.
According to the investigation done at the Tabuelan Police Station, the younger Pontillas overtook another vehicle with his Ford Ranger but instead hit by the Howo dump truck before he could return to his designated lane.
Rescue workers from Tabuelan took the victims to Tuburan District Hospital, where the father was pronounced dead.
The dump truck driver, 27-year-old Richard Matugas, of Tuburan town, is now being held at the Tabuelan Police Station.
Matugas was headed toward Tabuelan at the time of the incident. (DVG, TPT)
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Editor's Note: This story was updated to correct that the father who died in the incident was not the one driving the vehicle. The son drove the pick-up truck, while the father was his passenger.