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LUCENA CITY — One other bike rider died in a highway mishap on Thursday, August 3, in Quezon bringing the variety of motorbike-related deaths within the province to seven inside six days.
Quezon police mentioned in a report {that a} still-unidentified motorcyclist was hit at 12:55 a.m. by a truck pushed by Rolando Gatucao within the intersection of the by-pass highway in Barangay Tumbaga 1 in Sariaya city.
The rider suffered deadly head accidents and died on the spot. The truck driver surrendered to the police.
The report didn’t state if Gatucao was sporting a crash helmet, a requirement by the Bike Helmet Act of 2009.
On August 1, a motorbike pushed by Genesis Militante, 30, and his brother, Joshua, 27, as back-rider was hit at round 10 p.m. by an Izusu aluminum van pushed by Melvin Valerio on the Maharlika Freeway in Barangay Malinao Ibaba in Atimonan city.
The victims, each sporting crash helmets, suffered grave physique and head accidents.
Genesis died on the way in which to Doña Marta Memorial District Hospital, whereas Joshua expired whereas being handled.
Investigators mentioned the Isuzu van overtook one other automobile and occupied the other lane, which resulted within the collision.
He was detained and can face legal fees.
Earlier, one other motorcyclist died after he collided with a commuter bus alongside the Maharlika Freeway in Tayabas Metropolis. The fatality was not sporting a crash helmet.
On July 29, three bike riders died in separate highway mishaps in Calauag city and Atimonan. The three fatalities additionally had no helmet for head safety.
The Philippine Nationwide Police-Freeway Patrol Group says 4,029 bike mishaps had been reported within the nation from January to April this yr, which is nearly half of the 8,342 recorded in 2022.
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