ORMOC CITY– A poultry employee died after the motorcycle he was riding fell to the road shoulder at about 9:28 pm Friday (Dec. 16) at the Diversion Road in Brgy. Naungan, this city.
City Traffic Unit Chief Police Lt. Col. Gregorio Nitura identified the victim as Von Christian Sebidos, 30, single, and a resident of sitio Nangka, Barangay Alegria, this city.
The victim, who worked at the Bounty Chicken, according to the police, came from a Christmas party in Merida, Leyte and was on his way home when the incident happened.
Witnesses said that the motorcycle of the victim was observed to have traversed the road wobbling at a fast pace.
Initial investigation conducted by the police disclosed that while he was traversing a curved portion of the diversion road, the motorcycle driven by the victim went straight causing the motorcycle to fall to the road shoulder going to the rocky shore.
The impact from the fall incurred severe injuries to different parts of the victim. Drivers who happened to be in the area called the Ormoc Rescue Group for assistance.
Rescue personnel brought Sebidos to the Ormoc Doctors Hospital but Dr. Sherry Mae Tangpus-Belmeo declared him dead on arrival.
(ROBERT DEJON)
