ROSARIO, AGUSAN DEL SUR VICE MAYOR DIES IN AN ACCIDENT

AGUSAN DEL SUR –Vice Mayor Concordio “Coldo” Ocite of Rosario, Agusan del Sur died in a motorcycle accident, Saturday afternoon, October 17, in Padigusan, Barangay Sta. Cruz, Rosario.

Based on the police investigation, the vice mayor was riding his motorcycle when it hit an elf truck loaded with sacks of rice.

Police Captain Dorothy Tumulak, the spokesperson of Police Regional Office 13, said the pickup truck was counter-flowing to the lane of the victim’s motorcycle. Vice Mayor Ocite obtained a severe head injury that resulted in his death.

The official was still rushed to the D.O Plaza Memorial Hospital however, the attending physician declared him dead on arrival.

Meanwhile, the truck driver is now in the custody of the Rosario Municipal Police Station after he surrendered.