2 hurt in Lahug road accident

TWO people were hurt, one of them in critical condition, in a road accident on Salinas Drive, Barangay Lahug, Cebu City on Saturday, December 24, 2022.

Police Senior Master Sergeant Edgardo Becoy of Mabolo Police Station 4 identified the victims as Razan Balodo, 42, from Barangay Basak, Lapu-Lapu City, and Karen May Napala, 34, who is currently checked in at a hotel in Barangay Lahug.

One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition while being taken to the hospital.

Based on initial investigation by the Mabolo police, the driver of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) that hit the two victims was 70-year-old Patricia Palicte Perez, who lives in Barangay Lahug, Cebu City.

It was learned that the two victims were walking on the road next to a pedestrian lane when the SUV driven by Perez suddenly rammed them.

The senior citizen driver was detained at the Mabolo Police Station 4. (BBT, JGS)