A POLICE officer and a toddler were killed, while two others were critically injured after a motorcycle collision in Borongan City, Eastern Samar Thursday evening, December 24, 2020.
The fatalities were identified as Staff Sergeant Luis Philip Azura Jr., assigned at the investigation section of Eastern Samar Police Provincial Office (ESPPO); and two-year-old John Rick Larioma, who was onboard another motorcycle driven by Jonathan Larioma, 29, with another back-rider Erica Amayao, his live-in partner.
Initial investigation disclosed that Jonathan was driving in the opposite route from Barangay Bato, Borongan, towards the city proper while Azura was navigating his proper right lane heading ESPPO headquarters to attend a personnel accounting formation, when their motorcycles collided upon reaching Barangay Alang-alang around 8:40 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2020.
Both drivers and the back riders were slammed into the pavement, causing injuries in the different parts of their bodies.
Responding personnel from the Bureau of Fire Protection brought the victims to Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital, however, Azura and the two-year-old boy were pronounced dead on arrival by Dr. Roy Cayago, the attending physician.
The two other victims needed further medical attention, according to the report from the Police Regional Office headquarters in Palo, Leyte.
Larioma was not able to present a driver’s license during the incident, the report added.
Police are conducting an investigation. (SunStar Philippines)