By Ronron
December 6, 2007
The ex-governor of Lanao del Sur died in an early morning vehicular accident yesterday (Thursday) in Misamis Oriental, a police official said.
Inspector Senador Morados, chief of police of Gitagum town in Misamis Oriental, said in a phone interview that five others, consisting of two companions of Ex-Governor Mahid Mutilan and three on a motorized pedicab, were also hurt and brought to two different hospitals in Cagayan de Oro City,
Morados said the accident happened at around 5:18 am along the national highway in Sitio Anibongan, Barangay Matangad in Gitagum as Mutilan was rushing to go to Cagayan de Oro City.
Morados said Mutilan, who came from Iligan City, was riding a Ford Ranger with a driver and another companion when the accident happened.
“The Ford Ranger was on full speed and was attempting to overtake a motorized pedicab. Unfortunately, it sideswiped the rear of the motorized pedicab, causing Mutilan’s driver to lose control of the vehicle until it rammed on a coconut tree on the right side of the road,” Morados said in the Cebuano dialect.
“Due to the strong impact, the governor, who was seated beside the driver, was fatally wounded,” he added.
Morados said the driver and two passengers on the motorized pedicab were also hurt after they were thrown out on the ground.
Morados said Mutilan and his two companions were rushed to Cagayan de Oro City Medical Center by their companions on convoy with them, while those on the pedicab were brought to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center, also in Cagayan de Oro City, by the municipal ambulance.
Mutilan, however, was declared dead on arrival at the hospital. According to Morados, Cagayan de Oro City is about an hour-long drive away from Gitagum./DMS
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