Vendor killed, 2 teens hurt as fuel tanker rams food carts in Negros

A 36-year-old food cart vendor was killed, and two teenage vendors were injured after a fuel tanker truck allegedly driven by a man who fell asleep at the wheel plowed into them along the national highway in Barangay Palaka, Valladolid, Negros Occidental, on Sunday afternoon, July 5, 2026. INQUIRER FILES

BACOLOD CITY — A 36-year-old food cart vendor was killed, and two teenage vendors were injured after a fuel tanker truck allegedly driven by a man who fell asleep at the wheel plowed into them along the national highway in Barangay Palaka, Valladolid, Negros Occidental, on Sunday.

The crash occurred at 4:15 p.m. when the 57-year-old driver of a HOWO T7 fuel tanker, which was heading north toward Bago City, reportedly fell asleep while driving, according to Police Master Sgt. Eduardo Combong, the Valladolid police traffic investigator.

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