ORMOC CITY – A tragic road accident claimed the lives of five individuals, including a one-year-old child, when a speeding boom truck collided with a motorcycle and a multi-cab along the national highway in Barangay Cabulihan, this city, on Sunday night, June 1, 2025.
The fatal crash occurred around 7:45 pm and killed four people instantly, while one later died in the hospital.
Killed on the spot were a 20-year-old construction worker identified only as “Lloyd”; his one-year-old son, “Kit”; and a couple, “Jumar,” 40, an engineer, and his 41-year-old wife, “Marian,” a housewife. All were residents of Ormoc City. Lloyd’s 19-year-old live-in partner, “Mary,” succumbed to injuries while being treated at a local hospital.
Also injured in the collision were 75-year-old “Cresilda,” a widow and farmer from Barangay Masarayao, Kananga, Leyte, and three children—“JCL,” 11, “Kal,” 8, and “Tal,” 6—residents of Barangay Cabulihan.
Based on the initial investigation by the Ormoc City Traffic Enforcement Unit, Lloyd was driving a RUSI motorcycle with Mary and their child onboard, while Jumar was driving a multi-cab with his wife and three children. Both vehicles were traveling in the same direction toward Barangay Valencia.
Meanwhile, a boom truck, allegedly speeding, was traveling in the opposite direction toward downtown Ormoc. Upon reaching Barangay Cabulihan, the truck suddenly swerved into the opposite lane, colliding head-on with both the motorcycle and the multi-cab. It then hit a parked multi-cab owned by “Antonia,” a resident of the area.
Due to the impact, both Lloyd and his son died instantly, as did the couple inside the multi-cab. Other passengers, including the children and elderly woman, were rushed to nearby hospitals for medical attention.
The driver of the boom truck was uninjured and is now in the custody of the Ormoc City Police Office’s Traffic Enforcement Unit for proper investigation and legal action.
All involved vehicles remained at the scene as of the latest report, pending further examination.
(ROBERT DEJON)
