Nurse dies in hit-and-run incident in Manila
With the current limitation on mass transport amid the general community quarantine , Perez has been using a newly-purchased mountain bike to get to work.
A witness told police that he was riding his motorcycle along Padre Burgos Avenue in Manila at around 7 p.m. Sunday when he saw the victim at the corner of Maria Orosa Street rolling on the street after reportedly being hit by a pick-up truck that sped off towards Delpan Bridge. Perez was rushed by responders of the Philippine Red Cross to the Philippine General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival at around 8:40 p.m.
Authorities and the victim’s family are appealing to witnesses to come forward to help police probe the incident.
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