By MARS MOSQUEDA JR.
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A man was killed and his son was seriously wounded when the dynamites they were drying under the sun suddenly exploded yesterday in barangay Caubian, this city.
Police identified the fatality as Gerbacio Naparete, 60, of Buenavista town, Bohol. His son, Gerardo, suffered injuries in the different parts of the body.
Initial investigation conducted by Lapu-Lapu City homicide chief investigator Geoffrey Baguio showed that Gerbacio and his son were about to deliver the dynamite to a contact in barangay Caubian when they decided to expose the explosives under the sun because it got wet while they were travelling from Bohol on board a banca.
The dynamite suddenly exploded, killing Gerbacio on the spot, police said. His son was thrown off several meters away but he survived.
Meanwhile in Danao City, an 18-year-old pregnant woman was killed when a speeding bus rammed the tricycle she was riding in on the national road in sitio Taytay, barangay Poblacion.
The victim, Charito Singson, was thrown off the vehicle after the speeding Rough Rider bus hit the rear of the tricycle. Singson had occupied the backseat of the tricycle driven by one Dionayde Pisadoro, 30. The bus with plate number GVL-623 was driven by Joel de los Reyes.
Police said the Cebu City-bound bus tried to overtake the tricycle just as soon as another bus loomed from the opposite direction.