THE Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) is hunting a gas-and-run driver in Bacolod City and Talisay City, Negros Occidental. (RMN DYHB via LTO-NIR)
BACOLOD CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) condemned two fuel and run incidents here and in Talisay City, Negros Occidental involving the same Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).
“We will hunt you down,” said LTO-NIR Director Jeck Conlu.
On April 15 in Barangay Taculing here, the driver of a Nissan Terra fled without paying P6,000 in a gasoline station.
A show cause order has been issued to the car owner over the incident. Authorities have yet to determine who was driving the vehicle.
The LTO-NIR assured the public that they are closely coordinating with the Philippine National Police (PNP) to identify, locate, and apprehend the individual.
Appropriate legal actions will be pursued to ensure full accountability, the LTO-NIR said.
The LTO-NIR Intelligence and Investigation Unit (IIU) believed these incidents bear a clear pattern and being treated as deliberate and repeated criminal acts or modus of the suspect.
The agency called on the public, particularly fuel station operators and personnel, to remain vigilant and immediately report similar incidents to authorities.
On Feb. 27, an SUV driver also left a gasoline station in Barangay Mansilingan here without paying P500.