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<p>ORIENTAL MINDORO — Just days before Christmas, tragedy struck a family after three people were killed and one was injured in a fatal road crash in Pola, Oriental Mindoro on Friday afternoon.</p><p>A van, reportedly traveling at high speed, slammed into a motorcycle carrying a couple and their young son.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;text-align:center"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:671px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2002240845031088232&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2025-12-20T05%3A40%3A26.689639%3A2292288d-d0e8-4014-9d21-46cecdbcb9e0%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=ba403ede5750ea693bded172b861aaa8f4b2414b&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="2002240845031088232"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>The victims were a 34-year-old woman, her 35-year-old husband who was driving the motorcycle, and their 10-year-old son. All were declared dead on arrival at Grace Mission Hospital. The family were residents of Barangay Pahilahan in Pola.</p><p>Based on the police investigation, the crash occurred at around 5:30 p.m. along the highway in Barangay Maluanluan, Pola.</p><p>The father was reportedly taking his wife and child on a motorcycle to a transport terminal bound for Calapan City when they were struck from behind by the van.</p><p>The van was driven by a 39-year-old man who was allegedly on his way to pick up his wife in the town of Socorro. The driver claimed that another motorcycle hit the rear of his vehicle, prompting him to brake suddenly, causing the van to spin and collide with the motorcycle ahead.</p><p>However, according to PMaj. Florante Sugian II, chief of the Pola Municipal Police Station, their investigation found no evidence that another motorcycle hit the van from behind.</p><p>Authorities said CCTV footage showed that the van was indeed speeding on the slippery asphalt road due to rainy conditions.</p><p>The force of the collision threw the victims onto the road, completely wrecked their motorcycle, and sent the van into a roadside gutter. The van also struck several parked tricycles and motorcycles.</p><p>A 59-year-old woman was also injured after being hit by debris while buying items at a nearby store.</p><p>The van driver has been arrested and is facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and damage to property. </p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LsO9NyZYULw?si=p-ljXwGNI2AY2TX4" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>Just days before Christmas, tragedy struck a family after three people were killed and one was injured in a fatal road crash in Pola, Oriental Mindoro on Friday afternoon.</p>

Just days before Christmas, tragedy struck a family after three people were killed and one was injured in a fatal road crash in Pola, Oriental Mindoro on Friday afternoon.

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Family killed after van slams into motorcycle in Pola, Oriental Mindoro

Dennis Datu,

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Published December 20, 2025 02:06 PM PHT

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Updated December 20, 2025 05:08 PM PHT

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