COTABATO CITY (PNA) – An off-duty police officer died instantly after his car collided head-on with a pick-up vehicle on the national highway in Kabacan, North Cotabato on Wednesday night, April 26.
POLICE Corporal Teodolfo Garavilles’ car. (Kabacan MPS photo via PNA)
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Police Capt. Razul Pandulo, Kabacan municipal police station deputy chief, said their colleague, Police Corporal Teodolfo Garavilles, was pronounced dead on arrival in the hospital after the 8 p.m. highway mishap.
In a report on Thursday, April 27, Pandulo said an investigation was ongoing with the driver of the other vehicle, identified as Louizer Malazarte of Carmen, North Cotabato.
Witnesses said both vehicles were speeding fast on opposite lanes before they collided in Barangay Osias.
Police are determining if the driver of the pick-up vehicle was under the influence of liquor at the time of the incident.
Pandulo said relatives of the dead police officer are determined to press charges against Malazarte, who is now detained at the Kabacan Municipal Police Station.