KORONADAL CITY – A family of three was pinned to death in a highway mishap in Malungon, Sarangani on Wednesday morning.
A COUPLE and their three-year-old daughter were killed when their car collided with a cargo truck in Malungon, Sarangani on Wednesday, June 4. (FB)
Arnel Pinque, operations chief of the Malungon municipal disaster risk reduction and management office, said the accident happened at about 5 a.m. on the national highway in Barangay Talus.
Involved in the mishap were a Mitsubishi Mirage vehicle and a prime mover trailer truck.
Pinque identified the fatalities as Abdulmajid Sarapudin, 35, a security guard, his wife Ivy Lou, 33, and their three-year-old daughter, all residents of Barangay Labangal, General Santos City.
Sarapudin lost control of the car after the front wheel slipped off the road due to a crack between the concrete and asphalt.
The car collided with the oncoming truck. The Sarapudins died on the spot.
The truck driver voluntarily surrendered to authorities. (PNA)