Three killed, 3 injured
in vehicular mishaps
BY ADRIAN NEMES III & GILBERT BAYORAN

Three were killed when a 10-wheeler truck rammed their house in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, and three tricycle passengers were injured when their vehicle was sideswiped also by a truck in Bacolod City, Thursday.

Senior Police Officer 2 Roylen Bahiting, San Carlos police traffic investigator chief, said yesterday that the victims, identified as Antonio Hentil, 36, his son, Julieto, 8, and his 11-month old nephew Clifford Saylo-on, were declared dead on arrival at the San Carlos City District Hospital.

Bahiting said the brakes of the cargo truck owned by the San Carlos City Engineer’s Office and driven by Edison Garnica, 57, malfunctioned at the eco-tourism highway of Sitio Ducog-Ducog, Brgy. Rizal, San Carlos City, and it hit the house of the victims and that of their neighbor.

A teenager reportedly ended his life by hanging himself with a bag strap at his residence in Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City yesterday.

The fatality was identified as Benhur Lepardo, 18, of B.S. Aquino Drive, Bacolod by Police Officer 3 Leo Dario of Police Station 4.

Investigation showed that Lepardo was discovered suspended from the grills that serve as wall by his sister, whose name was not disclosed, at about 10 a.m.

The sister told the police that on Thursday night, he had asked money from their father so he could buy short pants but his father refused, Dario said.

BRGY. CANLUSONG, EB Magalona – The proposed re-establishment of a military outpost in this hinterland barangay, where a spate of killings had taken place recently, got overwhelming support from barangay officials and residents, who admitted yesterday to be alarmed by the series of murder incidents in recent weeks.

This remote barangay, which is about 35 kilometers away from the town proper, was also reported by Army soldiers stationed in nearby Brgy. San Isidro, as one of the “rest-and-recreation areas” of the New People’s Army in northern Negros.

Canlusong Brgy. Capt. Merriam Porras said yesterday that the re-establishment of a military outpost in the barangay, will address the security concerns raised by her constituents, during a dialog with Mayor David Albert Lacson, who came with military, police and municipal officials.