CEBU, Philippines - A 15-year-old boy died while a woman was injured after a multicab hit them Sunday morning in barangay Catarman in Liloan town.
The juvenile, Gabriel Tagalog, resided in sitio Landing of barangay Catarman, Liloan town while the woman was identified as Fe Delgado, 40. They were standing by the roadside when a multicab hit them at past 5 a.m.
After hitting Tagalog and Delgado, the multicab just drove on.
Residents and the police, after giving chase and setting up a roadblock, caught the driver who was identified as Alberto Siroy, 49, a resident of barangay Poblacion, Lilo-an, Cebu.
Police were certain Siroy was driving while under the influence of liquor.
Siroy denied he hit Tagalog and Delgado but could not explain how the dent on the front of his vehicle came about.
Some residents in sitio Landing pointed to him as the one who hit the boy and the woman.
The two victims were taken immediately to Velez Hospital in Cebu City but Tagalog was declared dead on arrival while Delgado is being treated.
The suspect is now detained at the Liloan police station.