3-year-old boy killed, mom hurt in Batangas road crash

LUCENA CITY – A three-year-old boy was killed, and his mother was hurt in a vehicular accident in Rosario, Batangas, on Tuesday morning.

The driver of an owner-type custom-built jeep lost control of his vehicle at 9:55 a.m. and slammed into the rear end of a parked tricycle, which was sent hurling at the mother and child who were in its path at Barangay Poblacion D,  the Calabarzon police said Wednesday.

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 Both victims were rushed to a hospital by rescuers. However, the boy later died while undergoing treatment.

Police took the jeep’s driver into custody as authorities continued their investigation./coa