BACOLOD CITY – Two persons were killed while their companion was injured after their motorcycle crashed into a barrier in Barangay Balabag, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental on Friday, Sept. 2.
Fatalities were identified as Rico Sibonga, 32, and Neil Albert Arquisola, 29, both residents of Barangay Balabag.
Injured was Arquisola’s older brother William, 39.
Lt. Col. Lowell Garinganao, La Carlota police chief, said the victims were on their way home when Sibonga, who was reportedly under the influence of liquor, lost control over the motorcycle he was driving.
Garinganao said that Sibonga hit a barrier which caused the victims to fall into a canal. He added that the victims had no helmets.
He said that Sibonga was declared dead on arrival in a hospital while Neil Albert passed away in a hospital later that day.