Bukidnon ‘Undas’ peaceful overall; 1 dead in road crashes

VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — The annual All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day observances across Bukidnon were generally peaceful, though authorities recorded multiple highway vehicular accidents involving motorcycles and pedestrians, killing an individual.

Capt. Leonila Vicente, newly-designated Bukidnon Police Provincial Office (BukPPO) information officer, told the Inquirer on Monday afternoon, November 2, that security operations across all private and public cemeteries concluded with no major crime disruptions.

“The province-wide Undas observance was generally peaceful,” Vicente said, attributing the orderly outcome to the joint deployment of over 1,100 security personnel and multi-agency units that began Sunday morning, Nov. 1.

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Forces from the BukPPO, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), local Traffic Management Centers (TMC), and Barangay Police Auxiliary Teams (BPAT) maintained continuous patrols across memorial parks, churches, transit terminals, and primary road networks.

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Amid the heightened security measures, local police reported three separate road crashes along key provincial thoroughfares between Sunday evening and Monday morning.

The sole reported fatality occurred on Sunday night, in Barangay Capitan Bayong, Impasug-ong town, where a 46-year-old male motorcycle driver died after colliding with a three-wheeled passenger vehicle (bao-bao).

In Don Carlos town, a 62-year-old male pedestrian from Barangay Bobong, Kitaotao, sustained minor injuries on Monday morning after being struck by a motorcycle driven by a 27-year-old woman from Barangay Alae, Manolo Fortich. Police confirmed the victim is out of danger.

In Maramag town, police responded to a Monday morning collision along the national highway involving two motorcycles operated by minors.

One motorcycle was driven by a minor carrying a 61-year-old female passenger, while the second motorcycle was operated by another minor carrying a companion. /ms