BACOLOD CITY – A call center agent died and his twin brother was injured in a motorcycle accident in Barangay Canturay, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 1.
Police withheld the name of the victims aged 22.
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Police Lt. Col. Fernando Somblingo Jr., Sipalay police chief, said the victims were riding a motorcycle on their way to work when they avoided a dog that suddenly crossed the road.
They lost control over the motorcycle and swerved to the opposite lane. A closed van tried to avoid them but they were run over by the vehicle.
They were taken to a hospital where one of them was declared dead. The other twin sustained minor injuries.
Somblingo said that both parties reached a settlement and the van driver had been released from police custody.