In a freak accident over the weekend, a teacher and her uncle were killed when a coconut tree suddenly fell on them in Mabini, a town in the Visayan province Bohol.
The incident happened on Saturday morning.
Talk about bad timing; the victims were traveling on a motorcycle when the tree fell on top of them.
According to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, PO1 Glenn Rosal of Bohol Police Provincial Office (BPPO) identified the victims as Jaycel Barcibal Dajalos, 24 years old, and her uncle Rogelio Tutor Barcibal, 47 years old.
Dajalos taught at a private school in the nearby town Ubay.
Village chief Edgar Tumanda said the tree fell because its roots were already weak and softened due to Tropical Storm “Agaton” which brought heavy rains to the region last week.
