Log crushes truck driver’s head in Valenzuela

MANILA, Philippines — A truck driver met a grisly death after his head was crushed by a log that was loaded on a trailer truck in a freak road accident in Valenzuela yesterday.

The trailer truck that was loaded with uncut logs was stopped at a traffic light on McArthur Highway when Ronald Cantado, 38, who was driving an Elf truck, hit the protruding log that pierced the windshield at around 7 a.m.

Cantado apparently had not noticed the uncut log that was protruding from the trailer truck when he hit the brakes, according to case prober Senior Police Officer 1 Hannibal Pariñas. 

The trailer truck driver, Dickson Libante, will face a charge of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and damage to property.