There are a lot of weird ways to die. There are also a lot of stupid reasons to die. Some people get angry over the pettiest things. Some people get into the stupidest accidents. Say hello to each of these unique people.
Hi, my name is Noli. I was on my home on my motorbike when all of a sudden a carabao appeared in front of me! I rammed right into him. Sadly for me I was not wearing a helmet. I died on the scene. The owner of the carabao is being looked for.
A 27-year-old man died after his motorcycle rammed a carabao in Barangay Tangub here on Monday, Nov. 17.
Police identified the victim as Noli, a resident of Barangay Pahanocoy here.
Investigation said Noli was on his way home when the animal suddenly crossed the street.
The victim crashed into the animal and sustained multiple injuries. He was not wearing a helmet, police said.
Police are locating the owner of the carabao.
Hi, my name is SuSajid Alap-ap Hajula. My neighbor, Remil Akil Jangas, and I were having a coffee outside my house with a friend. What goes better with coffee than a smoke? So I asked our friend to buy me a cigarette. He refused. So I asked Jangas to buy them. He refused. So, of course I shot him dead.
A man was shot dead before dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 11, here for allegedly refusing to fulfill a request of a neighbor to buy cigarettes.
Victim Remil Akil Jangas, 25, was allegedly shot dead by SuSajid Alap-ap Hajula, 40.
Initial investigation showed that Jangas and a companion, Chulo Amilasan Julbari, were having coffee outside the house of Hajula when Hajula asked Julbari to purchase cigarettes for him.
Julbari refused as stores were closed at the time. Hajula made the same request to Jangas who also refused for the same reason.
Hajula got angry and punched and shot Jangas. He ordered Julbari not to call the police.
The suspect fled and was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.
No empty shells were recovered at the crime scene.
Police are conducting follow-up investigation.
Hi, my name is Arnold Navares. I asked my wife, Mercedita, for some money to buy shabu. She did not decline. Instead she said she had no money. But that really got me angry. I trashed the house. Then I picked up a metal pipe and beat her to death.
A woman was beaten up by her husband after she refused to give him money to buy shabu.
The incident happened at the couple’s house in Barangay Poblacion Pardo here around 10 a.m on Friday morning, Oct. 10.
The suspect, Arnold Navares, 48, was arrested after the incident.
Police said the man arrived home and asked his 50-year-old wife, Mercedita, that he needs money to buy shabu.
She told Arnold that she does not have money.
Arnold was irked and trashed their house.
He took a metal pipe and struck his wife, knocking her unconscious.
The victim regained consciousness and with the help of neighbors, reported the incident to the police that led to her husband’s arrest.
The suspect sought forgiveness at the Inayawan Police Station and promised that the incident would never happen again.
Police said charges for violating the Republic Act 9262 or the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act of 2004 will be filed against the suspect.
Hi, my name is Vigil Cuevas. I was digging out a hole into which I could shove a huge boulder so we could have level ground to extend the house. My husband left to get coffee and sugar so it was me all alone in the hole digging at the base of the boulder. My mother-in-law said I should stop digging because the boulder was already loose but I ignored her and kept digging. All of a sudden the boulder came loose and fell on top of me killing me instantly as my children looked on helplessly.
A 34-year-old woman was crushed by an estimated 1 ton boulder that fell on her as she was trying to find a way to let it fall on a hole so that she could have a level ground to extend her family’s house in Sitio Camogao, Barangay Tambulan, Tayasan town in Negros Oriental.
The plan of the victim’s famly was to push the boulder into a hole that she and her family had dug so that they could have more level space for the extension of their house’s terrace.
When the boulder would be inside the hole, they would then fill it with soil thereby, having a level ground that they could use.
After finishing digging the hole in front of the boulder, they would then dig the soil at the base of the boulder so that it would loosen and they could push it into the hole.
But then on that fateful day of November 4, the victim identified by the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, in a report, as Vigil Cuevas, was left alone in the hole and digging at the base of the boulder since her husband Bengie Cuevas went to buy sugar and coffee.
This was according to Barangay Councilor Edwin Callet of Tambulan, in an interview on November 4 with Lawyer Ruphil Bañoc in his program Straight to the Point at dyHP, that the boulder was estimated to be at least a ton in weight.
Callet also said that earlier the mother-in-law of Vigil told her to stop digging because the boulder was already loosened.
(Her mother-in-law told her to stop digging already, but she told her that she will just finish this.)
So she went into the hole and continued digging near the base of the boulder.
Callet said that she was the only one there in the hole and her four children, whose ages are seven years old, five years old, three-years-old and her 11-month-old child were staying in an area where they could see their mother in the hole.
Then the boulder suddenly fell into the hole falling on Vigil, hitting her from behind and crushing her.
The seven-year-old child rushed to get help but then it was already too late.
Callet said that it took a lot of people using ropes and wood as lever to to lift the boulder and remove the body of the victim.
According to Police Executive Master Sergeant Charliven Gantalao, spokesman and deputy chief of the Tayasan Police Station, that the victim must have miscalculated in digging inside the hole.
(She miscalculated. Because [with the hole there] she would have dug at the side of the base of the boulder and then the hole at the side of the boulder would be enough. They would just use a piece of wood as a lever to push the boulder into the big hole.
Barangay Councilor Callet said that the body of the victim was still at the funeral parlor [as of evening of November 4] and the wake of the victim would be held at house of husband’s father in Barangay Tambulan.
Hi, my name is Caryl Ann Mistola. I was standing outside the entrance of a church waiting for a friend who had gone inside to light a candle. All of a sudden a huge piece of concrete decorative sculpture fell from the bell tower and onto my head. The forced knocked me down but thankfully I survived.
A 20-year-old college student was injured after she was hit by a falling concrete decorative sculpture from the bell tower at Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church in Barangay South, Ormoc City, on Thursday, June 13.
Police identified the victim as Caryl Ann Mistola, a student at the Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) and a resident of Purok 1, Barangay Naungan, Ormoc.
Initial investigation conducted disclosed that the victim was standing at the entrance waiting for her friend who was lighting a candle inside when a concrete decorative sculpture accidentally detached from the bell tower and fell from the ceiling of the hall entrance.
The falling debris from the ceiling and the concrete decorative reportedly hit the head of the victim.
Mistola sustained injuries on her head and was taken to a local hospital.
The church assured that they will shoulder the medical expenses of the victim who needs surgery.
Hi, my name has not been reported but I am a 20-year-old man. The garbage truck came by and I tried to toss in my trash but the garbage men said to put my sack on the ground and back up. Well, I put the sack on the ground and waited for my empty sack. One of the guys tossed the trash into the truck and accidentally struck the tailgate support bar, causing it to fall and hit the me on the head. I died instantly.
A 20-year-old man died after being accidentally hit on the head by a garbage truck's support bar while throwing trash in Tanay, Rizal, on Tuesday morning, Sept. 23.
According to the Tanay Municipal Police Station (Tanay MPS), the victim, identified as Jeffsy, went to the oval of Southville 10 in Barangay Plaza Aldea at around 9:37 a.m. to dispose of his garbage while the garbage truck was parked there for collection.
Upon arrival, the four garbage collectors instructed him to place the sacks on the ground and not to approach the truck for safety purposes.
At that moment, the victim waited for his empty sack while standing behind the garbage truck, seemingly unaware of the potential risk.
When one of the collectors threw garbage into the truck, it reportedly struck the tailgate support bar, causing it to fall and hit the victim on the head. This resulted in the victim's immediate death.
Authorities said the four garbage collectors are now in police custody and are facing investigation for negligence resulting in homicide.
Hi, my name is Novo Tadulma. I was out on a drinking spree with my friends Mario Mansigin and Gaspar Felipe. I asked them for more money to buy another bottle but they refused. So I stabbed them both to death.
A drinking session in Pili town in Camarines Sur province turned deadly when a vendor allegedly stabbed fellow vendors to death over their refusal to share money to buy liquor on Monday night, June 21.
Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, identified the victims as Mario Mansigin and Gaspar Felipe.
Initial investigation said the victims and suspect, Novo Tadulma, were having a drinking session when Tadulma asked the victims for money to buy another bottle of liquor.
The victims got angry and a heated argument erupted. The suspect got a knife and stabbed the victims.
The victims were taken to a hospital where they were declared dead.
Tadulma was arrested by responding policemen and now under the custody of the Pili Municipal Police Station (MPS).
Hi, my name is Mar. My neighbor Mel built a fence on his land which I didn't like at all. One day I wandered over there a bit drunk and got into an argument about it with him. In the heat of the argument I stabbed him in the gut with my bolo. He died instantly.
A 43-year-old jobless man was allegedly stabbed to death by his neighbor over a fence in Sitio Kanto Bulaklak, Barangay San Jose, this town, on Sunday afternoon, April 6.
Police identified the victim as Mel.
Investigation said the suspect, Mar, 57, and a carpenter, confronted the victim drunk regarding the fence of their land.
A heated argument erupted and Mar stabbed Mel with a bolo in the abdomen.
The victim was taken to a clinic in Tiaong, Quezon where he was declared dead.
The suspect who faces a homicide case fled after the incident and the subject of a manhunt operation.
Hi, my name is Arman. Someone had been dumping trash in our neighborhood. Suspecting my relative Edgar I confronted him. We got into a fistfight but then I pulled out my gun and shot him. Edgar tried to run away but I kept shooting him until he was dead.
A 24-year-old man was shot and killed by his relative over garbage dumped in a right-of-way in Purok Narra, Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental on Sunday, April 6.
Police Capt. Honey Labaro, deputy chief of the Murcia Municipal Police Station, said the victim Edgar was returning home with his family when the 47-year-old suspect Arman confronted him about trash dumped in the area.
A fistfight ensued where Arman drew a gun and shot Edgar. Edgar was wounded and tried to flee but Arman continued to shoot the victim until he collapsed and died from multiple bullet wounds.
The suspect fled but he was apprehended by police near a school building. Recovered from him was a .45 caliber pistol.
During the chase, a commotion broke out between the two families where three people were injured, including the victim’s brother, who sustained head injuries and was hospitalized.
Police recovered a knife, a bolo, a magazine with ammunition, and spent shells from the crime scene.
A follow-up investigation is ongoing.
Hi, my name is Julito Bacus Gerada Jr. I am a mason. I was working on the 8th floor of a building when an iron pipe fell from the 22nd floor and onto my head. I died instantly.
A 26-year-old construction worker died Tuesday, June 10, after he was struck on the head by a falling galvanized iron (GI) pipe while working at a high-rise building project in Barangay Zapatera here, authorities said.
The victim, identified as Julito Bacus Gerada Jr., a mason from Barangay Biga, Toledo City, was working on a gondola at the eighth floor of an ongoing mixed-use project when the tragedy occurred around 11 a.m., according to initial reports from the police.
Gerada sustained severe head injuries. He was immediately rushed to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), but was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.
The GI pipe reportedly fell from the 22nd floor of the building before hitting him.
Marvin Gentapa, the project’s safety officer, reported the incident to the police around 5:30 p.m. the same day.
Authorities are conducting further investigations to determine whether proper safety protocols were observed at the site and whether there was negligence involved.
Tuesday’s accident adds to the list of workplace-related deaths in Central Visayas, where construction sites have consistently ranked among the most hazardous workplaces.
In an earlier report, the Department of Labor and Employment in Region 7 (DOLE-7) said the construction industry accounts for the highest number of workplace accidents in Central Visayas, many involving falls, falling objects, electrocution, and collapsed scaffolding.
Regulators have also urged construction firms to adhere more strictly to occupational health and safety guidelines, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), regular safety audits, and worker training programs.
In the meantime, authorities have yet to announce if charges will be filed or if the construction project will be temporarily halted pending investigation.
As of Tuesday evening, the body of the victim remains at VSMMC, while his family has been notified of the tragedy.
