Six dead as three trucks collide at Marcos Highway

June 8, 2020

TUBA, Benguet--  Six died and four  were hurt after three trucks collided along Marcos Highway in sitio Bontiwey, barangay Poblacion at 4 am Monday, police said.

Col. Elmer Ragay, Benguet police director, said  a garbage truck of the Baguio City government was going downhill along Marcos Highway when its driver Mark Collantes lost control of the six-wheeler and smashed the rear of another  dump truck driven by Merson Manalastas.

Manalastas' truck then hit a trailer truck driven Jonathan Frigillana Vargas on the opposite direction.

The garbage dump truck  hit a concrete barrier and then fell on its side.

Belly Joe Collantes, 29; and Raymart Lachica, both garbage collection employees of the Baguio General Services Office (GSO) and residents of Irisan, Baguio City;  John Rex Hilario, another garbage collection employee from Kias, Baguio City; and Vargas from Aringay, La Union died on the spot.

Garbage collector Rustom Dela Rama and garbage truck driver Collantes, also both residents of Irisan, died at the hospital. DMS