A 20-YEAR-OLD driver and his 15-year-old cousin both died after their motorcycle crashed into a drainage in Purok 8, Barangay Baracatan, Toril District, around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Police identified them as Jeboy Tocaling Lopez, single, and passenger Jay Ar Lopez, student, both residents of Purok 6, Baracatan.
According to their cousin Leo Ubuda, Jeboy drove the Honda XRM around 5 a.m. heading uphill to their house coming from Inawayan crossing. However, he lost control of the vehicle and careened toward the box culvert.
As a result, the driver and his passenger were slammed into the concrete and sustained fatal injuries.
Their bodies were brought to Villa Funeral Parlor at GTH Mcleod Toril.
