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Father stumbles upon accident involving his own son in Marikina

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Izzy Lee

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<div><img src="https://news-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20240920110948/d9f0839fbe251b39a256f42fdbe6aeb5d25ab97ed622636db507ab23dd50a2e9.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="Mario Lomboy mourns the death of his son John Marc, whose body Mario found after the motorcycle the son was riding on collided with a concrete barrier." style="width:960px"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Mario Lomboy mourns the death of his son John Marc, whose body Mario found after the motorcycle the son was riding on collided with a concrete barrier. </div>MANILA -- A family is mourning the loss of a 22-year-old Army reservist who died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a concrete barrier on Macapagal bridge in Marikina City last September 11.The victim&#x27;s father, Mario Lomboy, found his son&#x27;s body that day.Lomboy left his home in Antipolo City that morning with one of his children driving to Quezon City. As they passed through Marikina, Mario noticed an unusual traffic buildup and suspected there might have been an accident.As they neared the scene, Mario recognized a motorcycle involved in the incident and realized that the rider was his youngest son John Marc.&quot;Nung malapit na kami sa motor nakita ko &#x27;yung sticker, dun ko na nakilala &#x27;yung anak ko ang nadisgrasya,&quot; Lomboy said.(When we got closer to the motorcycle, I saw the sticker and that’s when I recognized that it was my son who had the accident.)&quot;Nakita ko &#x27;yung anak ko nakahandusay na tska &#x27;yung babae na kasama niya na nadisgrasya,&quot; he said.(I saw my son lying on the ground and the woman who was with him, who was also involved in the accident.)However, what angered him was that upon arriving at the scene, his son had not yet been taken to the hospital by the ambulance and was immediately declared dead.&quot;Wala daw silang stretcher hihintay pa na makakuha ng stretcher. Bakit sila nagrescue ng kulang sa gamit? Agad kong hinawakan yung dibdib ng anak ko, tumitibok pa. Sabi ko sa pulis, bakit &#x27;di pa nila dinadala ito sa ospital. Patay na raw, sabi sa&#x27;kin ng ambulance. Sabi ko, bakit, ano&#x27;ng karapatan nilang mag-declare na patay na &#x27;to, doktor ba siya?&quot; he said.(They said they didn&#x27;t have a stretcher and were waiting to get one. I asked why they were rescuing with inadequate equipment. I immediately checked my son&#x27;s chest and his heart was still beating. I asked the police why they hadn&#x27;t taken him to the hospital yet. The ambulance crew told me he was dead. I questioned why they had the authority to declare him dead—are they doctors?)A funeral home vehicle was already on standby, even though no doctor had officially declared his son dead.&quot;Gusto kong mabuhay &#x27;yung anak ko, bakit &#x27;di nila itinakbo agad? Nandun na &#x27;yong mga ambulance. Bakit punerarya ang nakatutok sa anak ko eh humihinga pa naman siya? Hindi ba dapat dalhin muna sa ospital?&quot; he said.(I wanted my son to live. Why didn’t they rush him to the hospital right away? The ambulances were already there. Why was the funeral home focused on my son when he was still breathing? Shouldn’t he have been taken to the hospital first?)He insisted on bringing his Jon Marc to the hospital, but upon arrival, his son was declared dead on arrival.As of this writing, ABS-CBN is trying to contact the ambulance that first responded to the incident. Lomboy, a retired military officer, cried as he said he had hoped John Marc would follow in his footsteps as a soldier. &quot;Ito sana yung pag-asa ko na susunod sa yapak ko. Maagang kinuha ni Lord na hindi ko pa matanggap,&quot; he said. (This was supposed to be my hope for someone to follow in my footsteps. The Lord took him too soon, and I still can&#x27;t accept it.) According to the Marikina police traffic unit, John Marc, who was riding the motorcycle with a woman, was traveling northbound on Macapagal Bridge when they accidentally collided with the concrete barrier in the center island.They also clarified that no one declared the victim dead, and the funeral service mentioned by Lomboy only happened to pass by the area.Investigation is ongoing as authorities await the woman&#x27;s recovery in the hospital to determine if another party was involved in the incident.

A family is mourning the loss of a 22-year-old Army reservist who died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a concrete barrier on Macapagal bridge in Marikina City last September 11.

A family is mourning the loss of a 22-year-old Army reservist who died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a concrete barrier on Macapagal bridge in Marikina City last September 11.