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DINALUPIHAN, Bataan: Three Aetas
died at dawn on Wednesday while 11 others who were about to attend a
fiesta were seriously wounded when a passenger jeepney they were
riding had a head-on collision with a Federal Express trailer truck
in Barangay Roosevelt, Dinalupihan town.
The Fedex truck driver Danny Baja
of Caloocan City, Metro Manila said they were coming from their
Subic Bay Freeport office, bound for Manila when the accident
happened.
Edward Bayan of Capas, Tarlac;
driver of the passenger jeepney with plate no. CXC 300, was wounded
and confined at the James Gordon Memorial Hospital in Olongapo City.
PO2 Dennis Abad, Dinalupihan
police investigator, identified the fatalities as Albina Bruno,
Consolacion Morales and Ofelia Canonisado. Bruno was declared dead
on arrival at the Jose Payumo Memorial Hospital in Dinalupihan while
Morales passed away at 7:15 a.m. at the same hospital.
The remains of the two victims
were brought to the nearby Ventura Funeral Homes in Dinalupihan.
Canonisado was rushed to the
James Gordon Memorial Hospital in Olongapo City but later died while
undergoing treatment.
In critical condition with
injuries on their head and other parts of the body are Lanie de la
Cruz, Ana May de la Cruz, Carlito de la Cruz, Olive Canonisado,
Dorie Morales, Matet Evangelista, Irene Morales, Lotsie Morales,
Michelle Evangelista and Rolando Evangelista.
Three of those injured are
children aged one to three years old. All the fatalities were
members of the Aeta tribe from Sta. Juliana, Capas in Tarlac and so
were the wounded.
Police said three of those
injured were left at the Dinalupihan hospital while seven were
transferred to the Olongapo City hospital. A police investigator
said the three would also be transferred to the James Gordon
Memorial Hospital.
Police are still investigating
what caused the accident.
--Ernie B. Esconde
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