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Motorcycle rider killed by toppled lamp post

By: Miguel Ernest E. Ermac, Norman V. Mendoza August 30,2017 - 06:31 PM

A container truck fell on its side and hit several vehicles at UN Avenue on Wednesday. (CONTRIBUTED BY LYKA GALEOS)

A MOTORCYCLE rider died after he was hit by a lamp post that toppled after it was struck by a wayward container at UN Avenue in Mandaue City at 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 30.

Initial traffic investigation showed the truck driver made a sharp right turn to UN avenue and hit a lamp post.

The container truck hit several vehicles and toppled a lamp post, which struck the unidentified motorcycle rider and other vehicles.

Glenn Antigua, head of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue (TEAM), said the truck driver, named Jose Potayre, is now detained at the Mandaue City police precinct while charges were being readied against him.

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TAGS: Mandaue City, Traffic Accident, Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue, UN Avenue
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