LTO penalizes dump truck driver, operator amid fatal QC crash
THE Land Transportation Office has officially revoked the driver’s license of a dump truck driver following a fatal road crash in Quezon City where a sand-laden truck tipped over and crushed a motorcycle. The incident resulted in the death of the motorcycle rider and left two passengers injured.
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The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has revoked the driver’s license of a dump truck driver whose vehicle overturned and crushed a motorcycle on 27 October, killing the rider and injuring two passengers.
Following an administrative investigation and hearing, the LTO declared the driver liable for reckless driving and designated him an improper person to operate a motor vehicle.
Based on an initial investigation by the Quezon City Police District Traffic Sector 6, the crash occurred around 12:30 a.m. at the intersection of Congressional Avenue and Luzon Avenue in Barangay Culiat.
“Both the dump truck and the motorcycle were traveling along Congressional Avenue from the direction of Tandang Sora Avenue toward Luzon Avenue when, upon reaching the area, the dump truck driver lost control of the vehicle due to defective brakes,” the LTO said in its findings.
“The dump truck overturned onto its left side of the road and crushed the motorcycle traveling alongside it, including its rider and two back riders,” it added.