CEBU CITY, Philippines — A car crashed and rolled over after its driver was believed to have fallen asleep while travelling along V. Urgello Street in Barangay Sambag 2 in Cebu City at dawn on
Renzo del Rosario, data management chief of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office , said the driver may have been intoxicated, a possible reason why he fell asleep while driving.The driver, del Rosario said, sustained bruises on his left arm and a cut on his forehead but he refused first aid treatment from responding emergency personnel. He also asked not to be brought to the hospital.
Rescue Squad personnel were immediately sent to the area to contain a possible gas leak and recover the vehicle to clear of the road of obstruction.Quoting information relayed by traffic investigators, Police Staff Sergeant Gemer Abrica, desk officer of Abellana Police Station, said that the car driver and the motorcycle owner reached a settlement shortly after the accident happened.Meanwhile, del Rosario is asking the public not to drive if they are intoxicated to avoid accidents.
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