Teacher is in police custody for fatal traffic mishap

And following a story in our newscast last night, a teacher from River Side Street in Benque Viejo Town is in police custody pending charges in connection with a fatal traffic accident last Thursday morning. Forty-seven year old Ruperto Pinelo was reportedly driving a pick-up truck on the Yalbac Road when his vehicle collided with a motorcycle traveling in the opposite direction. The cyclist, eighteen year old Wilson Ayala, was killed. The incident occurred around six-thirty on Thursday morning on a curve on the road. Pinelo has told police that Ayala crossed onto his lane as they approached the curve.