ORMOC CITY— A sedan veered off the national highway and landed in a muddy rice field in Barangay Burabod, Biliran, Biliran on Sunday afternoon, December 14, after the driver allegedly fell asleep while driving, police said.
The accident occurred at around 1:40 p.m. along the national highway of the barangay. The vehicle involved was a bronze Hyundai Reina bearing plate number DAM-697, driven by a 38-year-old self-employed woman, identified by police only as “Ais,” a resident of the same barangay. She was accompanied by an unidentified passenger at the time of the incident.
According to the report submitted by the Biliran Municipal Police Station to the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8), responding officers found the vehicle overturned in a muddy rice field upon arrival at the scene. The driver was no longer inside the car at that time.
Initial investigation showed that the vehicle was traveling from Naval toward the Biliran town proper when, upon reaching the accident site, the driver allegedly dozed off, causing her to lose control of the sedan. The vehicle then swerved off the road and overturned into the rice field.
Police said both the driver and her passenger were unharmed. The vehicle was left at the scene for proper disposition as authorities conducted further documentation of the incident.
(ROBERT DEJON)
