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23-yr.-old driver injured after jeepney overturned in Lubuagan

Writer: Leonora Lo-oy
Leonora Lo-oy
Sep 15
1 min read

Updated: Sep 18


LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – A 23-year-old driver is now being treated at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital after the passenger jeepney he was driving overturned in Western Uma, Lubuagan on Tuesday afternoon, September 15, 2026.

 

Said the accident happened around 1:59 p.m. along the Ag-agama detour section along the Lubuagan–Batong Buhay–Abra Road.

 

Based on the video uploaded on Facebook by a netizen, the passenger jeep turned on its side along the river in the area. The uploader claimed that the jeep’s passengers were able to get down from the vehicle prior to the incident.

 

According to the Lubuagan Municipal Information Office, the jeepney driver identified as Gerald Tap-il, 23, a resident of Balatoc, Pasil was injured in the incident. Local responders rushed him to the Kalinga District Hospital in Lubuagan where the attending physician performed a rule-out fracture (R/O fracture - a test or an -x-ray used by a physician to assess possible broken bone) of the thigh to see whether there was further injury.


Tap-il was later referred to the Kalinga Provincial Hospital in Bulanao, Tabuk City for further evaluation and treatment.


According to a relative, Tap-il is now in good condition and that the x-ray results showed he has no fracture.


*Updated at 5.30AM, September 16, 2026, to include results of the x-ray.

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