Wayward cargo jeep plows into students, 1 dead
DASMARIÑAS CITY, Cavite – A jeep loaded with vegetables and coconuts plowed into a group of students walking on the side of the road, killing one in Bgy. Burol 1, this city.
A helper was also injured in the incident.
The fatality was identified as Renz Jether A. Matias, 16, a resident of Blk. 1, Bgy. H2, Dasmarinas City Cavite.
Matias was pinned between the jeep and the steel railings on the side of the road. His fellow students cheated death after they were able to quickly jump over the fence.
The injured was delivery helper Rene Lohera of Excess lot Public Market, Bgy. Burol 1, Dasmarinas City. Cavite, who jumped off the wayward jeep.
The jeep driven by Zaldy Digma Bago, 43, of Taywanak Ilaya, Alfonso, Cavite had just unloaded some vegetables and coconuts at the public market and was about to leave the area when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
According to the driver, the brakes of the jeep malfunctioned until the vehicle crossed the center island and struck the students walking on the other side of the road.
Witnesses rushed Matias and Lohera to the nearest hospital, where the student was declared dead on arrival.
Responding lawmen arrested the cargo jeep driver.
