Lady cop dies, 2 others hurt in highway accident

A POLICEWOMAN died while two others, including an officer, were wounded in a highway accident in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Wednesday, June 10.

Police Major Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said the incident happened around 3:55 p.m. Tuesday in Purok 5 in Limonan village, San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur.

Galvez identified the fatality as Police Patrolwoman Cleio Citz Calamba of the Dimataling Police Station.

Wounded were Police Captain Roger Bartiana, officer-in-charge of the Dimataling Police Station, and Police Corporal Annabel Morales of the same station.

Galvez said the sports utility vehicle they were riding swerved and crashed into the shoulder of the road when Bartiana lost control of the steering wheel while traveling on a slippery road.

She said the three policemen were traveling from Pagadian City, the capital of Zamboanga del Sur, to the town of Dimataling.

Galvez added they were rushed but Calamba failed to reach the hospital alive.

She said Bartiana and Morales were admitted to the Margosatubig Regional Hospital in Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur. (SunStar Zamboanga)