Van kills 10-year-old boy inside Ateneo campus

[XTO]

he was the son of my former co-employee

02/24/2009 | 10:11 PM
MANILA, Philippines - A 10-year-old boy died Tuesday afternoon after a van accidentally hit him inside the Ateneo de Manila University campus in Quezon city, police said.

In a phone interview, Senior Police Officer II Jun Cuaresma identified the victim as Julian Carlo Miguel Alcantara, a student of the university.

Cuaresma said the victim was walking alongside his nanny, Tata Suarez, 65, when the van driven by one Ma. Theresa Torres, 37, accidentally struck them at about 4:20 p.m.

Cuaresma said based on Torres’ initial accounts, she accidentally hit Alcantara when she followed the car parked in front of her. She reportedly said she was waiting for her child and was parked in parallel near the main gate of the university.

Alcantara was pronounced dead on arrival at New Era Hospital while his nanny sustained several fractures.

Cuaresma said a ‘hysterical’ Torres was brought to the District Traffic Unit Section 3 after the incident. The Alcantaras, meanwhile, declined to give their comments. - Aie Balagtas See, GMANews.TV

As CPRs we have a responsibility to voice out and make the admin listen this time re daily traffic and parking problem. We have made it an issue since the beginning of the year but on deaf ears! Now, the death of Amiel Alcantara of 4 Manobo and now the MMDA is in on it. The admin MUST DO SOMETHING already! My sons are so scared na to be alone now. We saw the blood on the the ground as Amiel was taken away to the hospital and the 5 wrecked cars and the footlong hotdog on top of the blood. We saw him buy it before the accident. The mom who took the wheel after asking her driver to fetch her son accidentally hit the gas and crushed Amiel as he was passing by. 4 cars in front of her were wrecked! She fainted after and taken away in a stretcher. I am so emotional because it could have been anyone of us! Amiel has a gr 7 brother. Please pray for them. Thanks.

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[ab_initio]

one odd accident...tsk! if only...

[uls]

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[Memphis Raines]

This is truly tragic news. R.I.P to he victim. My heart goes out to the parents.

Freak acident.
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[_Qwerty_]

mukhang naka park parallel waiting.. pinababa yung driver at sya ang umupo.. kaso imbes na brake ang tapakan.. gas ang nadiinan.. so yun.. umarangkada.. hitting the boy crossing the street and 5 other cars.. grabe siguro ang pagkaka diin sa gas.. hmmm bakit kasi hindi naka hand brake?

[ghosthunter]

Ateneo campus is notorious for it's lack of enough parking spaces. So vehicles without parking are forced to drive around the campus as they wait for the kids.

The accident may be weird as usually the parent or yaya goes down and the driver is left to ... well... drive the vehicle around and around the campus.

The question is (as heartless it may sound), why was the kid and yaya walking on the driveway? There are marked pedestrian paths around so why are people so hard headed in walking on the areas where cars are driving past?

[coiter]

really freaky and saddening. and to think may kasama nang matanda yung bata sa pagtawid. i get disturbed talaga whenever i hear news similar to this.

[pup2]

Palagay ko kahit walang traffic at parking problem the accident would've happened. Hindi man lang kasi naka P or naka handbrake eh.

Seriously, just because it's AT doesn't mean anyone can drive it without a good technique.

[nice&clean]

For me it is really a freak accident.
Of course nobody wants this, like me, I drive an A/T sedan
and there was an instance na from parking, magre-reverse ako
and nakatingin na ko sa likod then naapakan ko pala is GAS!
I'm supposed to be pressing on brakes kasi nga Automatic buti
na lang naapakan ko agad un brakes dahil kung hindi tumama na dun
sa Vios!

Another is pauwi na ko then sa driveway dumaan yung Truck ng Basura
eh ayoko na lumipat ng daan kasi nga mapapalayo ako so gumilid na lang ako to wait for it to pass, inayos ko un parking ko. Then when it passed, i forgot naka-Reverse pa pala! i thought it was on Drive pa! Muntik na naman
sa likod! What a relief!

This all happened when I was from Graveyard shift. Kaya minsan I think
talagang humihina ang senses ng mga nagwo-work sa gabi.

So guys before we step on the car we drive, presence of mind!
Para iwas hassle and accidents!

[lazyfoot]

yeah, i also have some moments with my A/T car...

[Monseratto]

Sana all A/T cars have an audible warning alarm everytime naka-reverse. Mga newer Toyota meron pero mga Honda wala ata.

[XTO]

i think isa ring tulong ng back up sensor ito. luckily my MS has back up sensor na so once i put the gear shift to R may "single toot" agad na maririnig. may certain number of "toot" combination depende sa pinakamalapit na pwede mabunggo.

[Horsepower]

Interesting. Blaming the car for the crime.

It's like blaming the gun for shooting someone dead.

[lpgautogas]

Oh' I am Very Sad, I will pray for him.