Cagayan mishaps leave 4 men dead

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines  â€“ Four men, reportedly under the influence of liquor, died in separate vehicular accidents involving motorcycles in the towns of Sta. Teresita and Gonzaga in Cagayan Sunday.

Arsenio Manalo and Felecito Quibol were on a motorcycle when they figured in an accident in Barangay Mission at around 9:30 p.m., said Police Officer 1 Richard Manaday of the Sta. Teresita police.

Manaday said Manalo’s father admitted that his son had some drinks with Quibol before the accident.

In Gonzaga, Romy Castillo, 33, and his companion Gilbert Rapada, 24, were declared dead on arrival at the Alfonso Ponce Enrile Memorial Hospital after they lost control of their motorcycle on the highway in the village of Tapel.