Passenger bus rams bizman dead, injures senior high student
A 50-year-old businessman was killed and an 18-year-old senior high school student was injured after a Ceres Liner bus hit them in Barangay Galicia, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Sunday, Nov. 30. (Photo via K5 News FM Kabankalan)
BACOLOD CITY – A 50-year-old businessman died and an 18-year-old senior high school student was injured after a Ceres Liner bus struck them in Barangay Galicia, Ilog, Negros Occidental on Sunday night, Nov. 30.
Police Major Randy Babor, Ilog police chief, said the bus was traveling from Kabankalan City proper, Negros Occidental to Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, when it sideswiped the student, who was riding his bike home.
The bus also allegedly hit the businessman as he crossed the road from a nearby rice mill.
Victims sustained head injuries and were taken to a hospital, where the businessman was pronounced dead. The student is currently recovering.
Babor noted that the driver may not have seen the biker and had too little time to avoid the businessman due to their proximity.
He said that all parties have reached an initial settlement, resulting in the release of the 56-year-old bus driver, identified as Ram from police custody.