02.28.08
Missionary killed, 2 hurt
Eugene Fontanos, 23, was a saint in Filipino missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ. He was hit by a Toyota Innova vehicle along the highway of Brgy. Bagumbayan, Valladolid, Tuesday. Immediately he was taken to Valladolid District Hospital were he was declared dead due to severe head injuries. Along with him were two companions. Fortunately the two American missionaries Jared Michael Smith and Rolando Terante, survived, but with injuries in the different parts of their bodies
Police investigations showed that Henry Dasal, the driver of the Toyota Innova, was on his way to San Enrique, when he bumped the victims, who were walking towards a Mormon Church at Purok Pigeon, Brgy. Bagumbayan, Valladolid. Smith and Terante are being treated in a Bacolod City hospital, while Dasal is now detained at the Valladolid police station jail.