CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A returning Filipino engineer from the United States died, and six others were injured in a vehicular collision in Misamis Oriental.
The victim, identified as agriculture engineer Engr. Emily Pagaling, was traveling with her family to Bukidnon when their Ford Expedition collided with a Ford Everest driven by a minor on a diversion road in Barangay Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental, on the evening of November 18.
According to Police Regional Office 10 spokesperson Major Joann Navarro, the collision’s impact was so severe that Pagaling was declared dead on the spot, while six other passengers sustained injuries.
The minor driver of the Ford Everest and his four companions emerged unscathed, Navarro added.
Authorities have detained the minor driver, and the victim’s family is preparing to file criminal charges against him at the provincial prosecutor’s office.