Engineer dies in SLEx mishap

Engineer Jun Yasul, 57, was driving his motorcycle along South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) before dawn on Mon, Oct 20, when he was hit by a car.

“The impact caused him to fall from his motorcycle when a truck ran over him along the southbound lane of SLEx in Magallanes, Makati at around 3:30am,” reports Dennis Datu on ABS-CBNnews.com.

According to SPO1 Marcelino Peralta of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Highway Patrol Group, “the car and the truck vehicles were seen speeding off after hitting the victim.”

Unfortunately, their plate numbers were also not seen.

The report revealed that “Yasul was identified based on his Professional Regulation Commission identification card.”

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Photo: ManilaSpirit (WikiCommons)




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