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Romero y Dominguez vs. People

SONNY ROMERO Y DOMINGUEZ, Petitioner, versus PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, ISABEL PADUA, REGINA BREIS, MINERVA MONTES and OFELIA BELANDO BREIS, [1] Respondents.

G.R. No. 167546 | 2009-07-17

R E S O L U T I O N


CORONA, J.:

On April 1, 1999[2] at around 12:00 noon, the JC Liner[3] driven by petitioner Sonny Romero and the Apego Taxi[4] driven by Jimmy Padua figured in a head-on collision along Governor Jose Fuentebella Highway at Barangay Hibago, Ocampo, Camarines Sur. The bus was bound for Naga City while the taxi was going in the opposite direction of Partido Area. The collision resulted in the death of Gerardo Breis, Sr.,[5] Arnaldo Breis,[6] Gerardo Breis, Jr.,[7] Rene Montes,[8] Erwin Breis[9] and Jimmy Padua.[10] Luckily, Edwin Breis and his son Edmund Breis survived although they sustained serious injuries.

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