Police Officer 2 Geronimo Antonio, Orion police investigator, said tricycle driver Christopher Mateo, his livein-partner Maricar Toyco, and their three-year old daughter, died on the spot. They were bound for Limay, Bataan when they meet the accident at 4 p.m. in barangay Bilolo.
Mateo was thrown out of the tricycle while Toyco and the child were left in the tricycle under the truck which then rammed a tree and crashed on the concrete fence of a poultry farm.
Rescue workers had to use two cranes and a payloader to lift the big truck to get the victims out.
Truck driver Leo Naguita of San Fernando, Pampanga and a helper were not hurt. Police were readying charges against the driver who was detained at the Orion municipal jail.
“Nakarinig ako ng malakas na kalabog at nakita ko nga ang nagbanggaang tricyle at truck. Galing sa Mariveles ang truck at sa Balanga naman ang kasalubong na tricycle,” said Ton Garcia, caretaker of the poultry farm nearby.
The police investigator said the tricycle overtook another vehicle apparently without noticing the incoming cargo truck.
