Three Grade 9 students figured in a motorcycle accident in the Municipality of Dueñas, Province of Iloilo on March 6, 2024 at past noontime.

One of the students died while in the hospital, while the other two were injured. 

The three students were on board a motorcycle when they collided with a dump truck at 12:25 p.m. in Barangay Tinocuan, Dueñas town.

The victims were identified as alias Reyns, 15 years old; alias Reyjie, 14 years old; and alias Jhonlee, 15 years old.

Responders rushed the students to the hospital, but alias Reyjie expired there reportedly because of the fatal wounds he sustained. 

The driver of the dump truck was identified as alias Rey, 47 years old, a resident of Janiuay town.

Police Senior Master Sergeant Jerome Emplasta of Dueñas Municipal Police Station said that the motorcycle had overtaken a 10-wheel truck but smashed into a dump truck traveling from the opposite direction.

The other two students are still at the hospital, as of posting time.

(via SHGegantoca/GMA Super Radyo Iloilo)