Caraga road mishaps kill 4, injure 2 others

BUTUAN CITY — Four people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents yesterday along the national highway here and in Barangay Soriano, Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte.

Reports showed that a Honda XLR motorcycle, with license plates KF-7929 and driven at top speed by a certain Donald Doroy, collided head-on with another Honda motorcycle, this time a TMX model, driven by a certain Renante Baron.

Police said both drivers were pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital here including Baron’s companion, identified as Rudy Kipkipan.

By a strange coincidence, police disclosed that all three victims have the same birth dates and are all fish vendors.

At almost the same time as the motorcycle collision here, a passenger jeepney rammed into an electric post along the national highway in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte, some 20 kilometers away, instantly killing an 85-year-old woman police identified as Narita Arpoc.

Two other passengers of the jeepney were immediately brought to a local hospital in Cabadbaran.