A rider died while another was injured in a road crash involving two motorcycles and a utility truck on the national highway in El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental.

According to a security guard who witnessed the incident, the two motorcycles were allegedly running at high speed.

“Galakag sila among ga dunggon, galakag gyud ni sila kay kusog man kaayo tingog sa motor mao to buto na dayon among na dunggan amo nakita pag impact sa raider ni tuyok ang L3 tungod sa impact siguro diri dayon to gi abot ang KTM,” a witness, Paul Aque, said.

Investigators said the two motorcycles crashed into the truck that allegedly made a u-turn.

Because of the impact, the two riders were thrown off the motorcycles. They were brought to the hospital but one of them died while the other is recuperating, as of this writing.

“Dili namo ikalimod nga ang road crash incident ang nag-una sa dakbayan. Nagkataas ang volume sa mga sakyanan gumikan naa diri ang airport malabyan taas kaayo volume sa sakyanan,” El Salvador City Police Station Traffic Investigator, Senior Master Sergeant Jed Imbong, said.