A Bago resident was killed while two of his companions were seriously injured when their motorcycle collided with a taxicab in front of Jewel's Palmunitan in Brgy. Palaka, Valladolid town, Negros Occidental Saturday.

Dead on the spot was Edgar Vallarias of Purok Taklaron, Malingin, Bago City, while Guillermo Ortebano, 31, of Bagumbayan, Valladolid and Rommel Teodoro, 30, of Malingin, Bago City were rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod with injuries in their legs and arms, hospital reports said.

Initial reports said Villarias, driver of the Aura motorcycle, with Teodoro and Ortebano, were traveling south to north of the road when the taxi with Plate Number FVD-569 that was traveling in the opposite direction hit them.

The police had not unidentified the driver of the taxi up to press time last night.*DMG

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