LOPEZ, Quezon – Five persons were killed in a collision involving three vehicles on the Maharlika Highway in Barangay Canda Ilaya here before dawn on Wednesday, May 15.

A FIREMAN puts out a fire that destroyed a bus following a multiple collision that killed four persons in Lopez, Quezon on May 5. (Photo via Danny Estacio)
Police identified the fatalities as Cheska Brin, 28, of Antipolo City, Rizal; minors Jasper and Jarid, Riza Brin, 25, and Jaymar Lunas, also from Antipolo City.
Investigation said a Fuso truck driven by Ernesto Alberto, 51, hit the victims’ three-wheeled vehicle or tuk-tuk riven by Julius Brin.
The victims’ vehicle caught fire and a tailing passenger bus also hit the two vehicles and burned as a result.
The fatalities died on the spot and Julius, and tuk-tuk passengers minors Juli and Janella and Leopoldo Brin, 57, were injured and taken to a hospital.
Lunas was taken to a hospital where he died.
Alberto was arrested by the police and faces reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicides, multiple physical injuries, and damage to property cases.