The UV Express van driver in the Commonwealth Avenue crash that killed one now faces a complaint for murder and five other violations, according to the Quezon City Police District (QCPD).
In a press briefing in Camp Crame on Monday, QCPD Station 14 commander Lt. Col. Jefry Gamboa said the complaint was filed before the local prosecutor last Saturday.
‘We filed a complaint for murder, frustrated murder, malicious mischief, abandonment of one’s own victim, resistance and disobedience to a person in authority and their agents and Republic Act 10586 or the Anti-Drunk Driving Act,’ Gamboa said in Filipino.
The UV Express van driver plowed down 14 motorcycles on the portion of Commonwealth Avenue from the Commission on Human Rights up to Tandang Sora Avenue late last Friday morning, killing a motorist and injuring three more.
The driver was caught by the QCPD Traffic Sector 5.
Gamboa only identified the dead victim as a resident of Pasong Tamo, Quezon City. He also did not identify the three injured victims or the driver.
‘As of now, the victims are in stable condition, even on the day of the incident. The QCPD will extend its assistance to the victims,’ the QCPD Station 14 said in Filipino.
According to Gamboa, the driver, with no prior criminal record in the QCPD tested negative for alcohol consumption but positive for shabu (crystal meth) use.
On Saturday, the Department of Transportation permanently revoked the UV Express van driver’s license. /mcm