Log crushes truck driver’s head in Valenzuela

A truck driver met a grisly death after his head was crushed by a log that was loaded on a trailer truck in a freak road accident in Valenzuela yesterday.

The trailer truck that was loaded with uncut logs was stopped at a traffic light on McArthur Highway when Ronald Cantado, 38, who was driving an Elf truck, hit the protruding log that pierced the windshield at around 7 a.m.

Cantado apparently had not noticed the uncut log that was protruding from the trailer truck when he hit the brakes, according to case prober Senior Police Officer 1 Hannibal Pariñas.

The trailer truck driver, Dickson Libante, will face a charge of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and damage to property.

Truck driver Ronald Cantado’s body is slumped in the driver’s seat after a log pierced his vehicle’s windshield in Valenzuela City yesterday. Images courtesy of Fhamii Francisco and Samcha Love Vidal.