Truck hits, kills motorcycle rider in Davao

A motorcycle rider was killed after being hit by a truck in Davao City before dawn Friday.

 

Rescue teams failed to revive Giovanni Azucena Fuentes whose motorcycle was hit by an Elf-type truck along Carlos P. Garcia Highway, GMA Davao's Tek Ocampo reported on GMA News TV's "Balita Pilipinas Ngayon."

 

Initial investigation showed the motorcycle had stopped at an intersection, with Fuentes waiting for the light to turn green, when the truck hit.

 

"Hindi raw (nakita ng driver ng truck) ang motorsiklo kaya nabangga na niya," said PO3 Ricky Lamela, traffic investigator.

 

Truck driver Eugenio Salvo said that when the light turned green, he accelerated but did not notice Fuentes' motorcycle in front of the truck was still at stop. He said he tried to stop but could not do so in time.

 

"Kahit nag-full brake na ako, hindi pa rin napigilan, natamaan talaga siya," he said.

 

Salvo now faces charges for the incident, especially after he failed to show his driver's license. — Joel Locsin/VC, GMA News