Drunk driver hits traffic enforcer

A 44-year-old traffic enforcer removing road signs outside the El Shaddai Compound in Parañaque City died after she was hit by a vehicle driven by a drunk man on Saturday evening.

SPO4 Sonny Milla, of the city’s Traffic Division, said that Beatriz Estrada, a resident of Lower Matatdo, Barangay San Isidro, Parañaque, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Olivarez General Hospital.

Charges of reckless imprudence resulting to homicide and damage to property would be filed against Galicano Dalumpines Jr., 27, of Road 44, Dupax, Diliman, Quezon City.

Investigation showed that Dalumpines, on board a Fuzo Fighter Truck, with license plates FXS-407, passed by Amvel Compound along Sucat Road and hit the left side of Estrada’s body. The vehicle reportedly did not stop until it rammed the left rear section of a parked passenger jeepney.

Other traffic enforcers blocked Dalumpines’ path and prevented him from leaving the scene of the crime. — Evelyn Macairan