Two of three female college students riding a motorcycle died after hitting a curb at the Ayala Bridge in Manila late Thursday night.
Lingal and Sheranebeth Ocampo, the driver and the only one of the three women who wore a helmet, died of injuries they sustained in the accident, according to SPO1 Bert Francisco of the Manila Police District.
Lingal and Ocampo died on the spot. The third rider, Jane Margarita Lastrollo, was still undergoing treatment at the Philippine General Hospital on Friday.
Francisco said Lingal and Lastrollo were students of National Teachers College (NTC), while Ocampo was from the Philippine College of Health Sciences.
An initial investigation by Francisco showed that the three women were on a motorbike moving along Ayala Bridge going to Mendiola around 11:50 p.m. when it lost control.
Francisco noted that the road was slippery that night. “There were no witnesses to the crash so we’re hoping that closed-circuit television cameras in the area will provide us a complete picture of what happened,” he said.
The accident site was just a few meters away from Lingal’s home on Casal Street in Quiapo, he added.--Source: Inquirer