A three-year-old girl was killed and her four-year-old cousin was injured after their electric bike (e-bike) was hit by a Ceres Liner bus in Barangay 5, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 1. (Silay City Police Station)
BACOLOD CITY – A three-year-old girl was killed and her four-year-old cousin was injured after their electric bike (e-bike) was hit by a Ceres Liner bus at the junction of Rizal Highway-Bangga Bulangan Road, Barangay 5, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 1.
Police Lt. Col. Edison Garcia, Silay police chief, said the e-bike driven by the victims’ 33-year-old uncle was about to turn left when it was hit by the bus.
Due to the severe impact, the younger victim was declared dead in a hospital, according to Garcia.
The bus driven by a 43-year-old resident of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, was tailing a taxi driven by a 54-year-old resident of Barangay Banago, this city, when the taxi allegedly made a sudden U-turn.
Garcia said the bus driver tried to avoid the taxi but the bus swerved and hit the e-bike.
Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) vowed to shoulder the medical and burial assistance of the two children when the parties met on Tuesday, June 2, Garcia said.
The bus driver was released from police custody on Tuesday since no complaint was filed within the 18-hour reglementary detention, he added.