3 dead in Bicol road mishaps

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – At least three persons died in road accidents in Camarines Sur and Albay over the weekend, according to reports reaching Camp General Simeon Ola here.

Police identified the fatalities as Randy Naje, 25; Jocelyn Desuyo, 40; and Robert Lose, 35.

Senior Superintendent Renato Bataller, Bicol police spokesman, said Naje was driving a truck loaded with feeds en route to Manila when the brakes malfunctioned along the Andaya Highway in Barangay Lower Sta. Cruz, Ragay, Camarines Sur.

The truck crashed into a big acacia tree, pinning Naje to death on the steering wheel.

But before the truck smashed into the tree, it hit Desuyo who was walking on the roadside. She did not reach the hospital alive.

In Albay, Lose lost his life when his motorcycle smashed into a JBH Transport as he overtook a truck along the Maharlika Highway in Daraga town.