Four people died and another was injured after two motorcycles collided along the national highway in Barangay Sumbiling, Bataraza, Palawan, early Sunday.
The Palawan Police Provincial Office said the crash occurred around 2 a.m. when the two motorcycles, traveling at high speed from opposite directions, collided.
The fatalities included an 18-year old rider of a blue Rusi 125 and one backrider, both residents of Brgy. Buliluyan in Bataraza, and the rider of the other motorcycle and his backrider, both residents of Brgy. Sumbiling, police said in a report.
The second motorcycle had another backrider who survived and was transported by a responding team of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office to the RTH Hospital.
None of the motorcycle passengers were wearing protective helments when the incident happened, police said.
Responding personnel found that the victims’ families had already retrieved the four bodies and brought them home to prepare for immediate burial in accordance with Muslim tradition.
The motorcycles were taken to the Bataraza Municipal Police Station for documentation and proper disposition.