TACLOBAN CITY – A 33-year-old carwash boy died in a freak accident in a carwash in this city on Wednesday, March 13. The victim, Berto, was guiding the 38-year-old female driver of a sedan to move up the ramp. While the vehicle was moving up, instead of stepping on the brakes, the driver...
SAN LUIS, Batangas – An 85-year-old man was burned to death while cleaning his backyard in Barangay Taliba here on Tuesday afternoon, February 13. Police identified the victim as Sofronio Atienza Marasigan. Investigation said the octogenarian was burning garbage in his backyard when the fire...
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – A 48-year-old mechanic died after he was crushed by the crop shear machine of a steel manufacturing company in Barangay Tubigan here on Tuesday afternoon, January 30. Police said the victim, Dionel Atienza, of Barangay Canlalay, this city, had just finished repairing...
BACOLOD CITY – A soldier was run over while sleeping under a truck in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, January 29. A SOLDIER died after he was run over by a truck in Barangay 6, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Monday, January 29. (Photo courtesy of San Carlos City...
A construction worker was killed and two others were injured in a landslide on Thursday afternoon, January 11, in Barangay Calumpang, Liliw, Laguna. A LANDSLIDE killed a construction worker and injured two others in Barangay Calumpang, Liliw, Laguna on Thursday afternoon. (Photo via...
MALVAR, Batangas – A 46-year-old jockey was trampled to death after he fell off his horse during a race at the Metro Turf Club in Barangay San Pioquinto here on Wednesday, January 10. Police identified the victim as Francisco Tuazon of Barangay 331, Manila. Tuazon was a participant in Race No. 4...
NASUGBU, Batangas – A construction worker died after his body was split in half by the bucket tooth of a backhoe at Nasacosta Resort in Sitio Aplaya, Barangay Natipuan, this town, on Friday morning, December 8. Police said the victim, Ricardo Domanais, a resident of Barangay Natipuan, was...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A huge boulder rolled on the side of a hill and crushed a farmer to death in an incident described as a freak accident in Pamucutan, Zamboanga City on Wednesday, November 8. The victim, Erwin Ituralde Salvador, and his two sons went to a sunflower farm on Wednesday night and fell...
LIPA CITY, Batangas – A 63-year-old foreman died and his daughter was injured when a tree fell on them while they were on board a motorcycle in Barangay 7 here on September 20. “Julie,” 35, the daughter of the victim, Sammy Aplaon, a resident of Barangay 7, told police Tuesday, September 26,...
CEBU CITY – In the wrong place at the wrong time. Such was the case for two persons who were killed in freak accidents in separate areas in Cebu. In Sogod, a 16-year-old boy was killed when a trunk of a coconut tree fell on him on Wednesday night, September 20. The victim was identified as...
TAYABAS CITY, Quezon – A 60-year-old laborer was buried alive in a private cemetery in Barangay Baguio here on Friday, August 11. MEDICAL staff attempt to revive a 60-year-old laborer buried alive while excavating the foundation for a fence of the Himlayang Paraiso Cemetery in Barangay...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – A 38-year-old helper died after he was electrocuted inside a deep well in Barangay Pancian, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Sunday, July 2. Police identified the victim as Rogel Fayloga of Barangay Abaca, Bangui, Ilocos Norte. Investigation said the victim and a co-worker...
