SAN PEDRO CITY–A village frontliner died when their ambulance carrying a woman, who was about to give birth, met an accident on the national highway in Bay, Laguna on Friday evening. The fatality was identified as Ofelia Regalado, 50, a village watchman in Barangay (village) Tuntungin in Los Baños, Laguna. Regalado and ambulance driver Novo Magtangob were transporting Anna Jane Soriano, who was about to give birth, to the provincial government hospital in Sta. The ambulance was headed to Calamba when Magtangob reportedly dozed off, causing the ambulance to swerve off the road and crash onto an electric post. The ambulance driver, meanwhile, was held for reckless imprudence that resulted in homicide.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 04, 2020 12:56 UTC