Two top campaign aides of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte including the driver and the aide’s son cheated death as the Fortuner vehicle they were riding on turned turtle Wednesday morning at around 6:00 at a high-altitude zigzag road in Quezon town while on their way to Valencia City, Bukidnon to prepare for the speaking engagement of the mayor.
Former Davao City Councilor Peter Laviña, Duterte’s top federalism campaigner, Rico Peligro, campaign leader for Davao provinces, Laviña’s son Eccel Deo and the vehicle driver sustained slight bruises and were so terrified of their lives when the vehicle took a right curve, the Fortuner’s steering system shut locked and could no longer be steered back by the driver.
“No matter how our driver attempted to steer it back, it did not budge and the vehicle skidded to the right and turned 180 degrees. The downward trend pushed the vehicle to turn turtle to the left,” the ex- city councilor posted on his Facebook yesterday at around 11 A.M.
The father Laviña has slight bruises and swelling on his right eye from a head bump while his son was unhurt. Peligro has bruises and chest pain.
They went to Lavina Hospital in Valencia City for checkup.
Laviña said they still managed to meet, though late, Bukidnon Governor Jose Maria Zubiri and Valencia City officials led by Mayor Sunny Huervas and Vice Mayor Nonoy Laviňa, the hosts of the Listening Tour of Duterte where federalism for the country is being espoused,
Some quarters tagged Duterte’s tours as preparation for his much-rumored presidential plan.
The location where the vehicle turned turtle is considered as the summit of the highest mountain where a national road traverses on it in zigzag pattern. It affords a commanding view over Bukidnon’s plains and mountains. Cha Monforte, Correspondent
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