Affidavit of Driver: Republic of The Philippines) Province of Albay) Sc. Municipality of Daraga)
Affidavit of Driver: Republic of The Philippines) Province of Albay) Sc. Municipality of Daraga)
AFFIDAVIT OF DRIVER
1. That I am a licensed professional driver, and as such was issued by the Land
Transportation Office a Professional Driver’s License No. E02-91-022042, with
Restriction Code No. 2 and 3, and which is to expire on October 22, 2011;
2. That I am employed as driver of a forward boom truck drop side bearing plate
no. CAH-980, registered in the name of Allan A. Guasa of Green St., Sunrise
Subdivision, Barangay 40, Cruzada, Legazpi City, and which truck may be
particularly described as follows:
Make : Mitsubishi-Fuso
Series : DROPSIDE
Denomination : TRUCK
Year Model : 1990
Engine No. : 8DC4-160587
Chassis No. : T810N-23565
Plate No. : CAH 980
3. That on September 9, 2010, at around 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, while I was
driving the said truck from Legazpi City towards Pili, Camarines Sur to deliver
assorted sizes of gasoline pump, and upon reaching the Municipality of camalig,
Albay, particularly Camalig North Central School, said truck had a mechanical
trouble such that it lost its brake causing it to become unmanageable due to
locked steering wheel;
4. That because of this reason, said truck I was driving continued running
uncontrolled and upon reaching Barangay 4 of the said municipality, particularly
in front of the residence of ex-mayor Paz Muñoz, I accidentally hit/bumped a
passenger jitney bearing Plate No. EVB-117, driven by one Jay Moratalla y
Moral, with travel route Legazpi-Polangui and vice versa;
5. That because of the heavy impact, said passenger jitney was pushed and
pinned towards the concrete fence/gate of Muñoz residence, Jerry Nodalo
residence, Alfredo Villaraza residence and Bisakol Handicraft, thereby causing
injury to the driver and the passengers of the said passenger jitney, which
resulted to the death of one of the passengers of the said jitney named Shirley
Palacio y Santioquia;
6. That the passenger jitney also sustained damages as well as the truck driven by
me also sustained damages; and I and my helper, Domingo Cadag y Almasco
also sustained slight injuries;
7. That before reaching the place of the above-mentioned incident, I also
accidentally sideswiped a Toyota Fortuner bearing Plate No. NNN-77 which was
then traveling at the opposite lane particularly in front of the Nuyda Park, which
vehicle was driven by Nonito Nebres, Jr. II;
8. That I would like to state that such incident was purely accidental and could not
have been avoided despite my having exercised due diligence in driving the
said truck and despite the fact that the said truck was regularly checked up and
well maintained;