Driver dies as pick-up vehicle turns turtle in South Cotabato

TANTANGAN, South Cotabato - Major highways in South Cotabato are slippery when wet and motorists are advised to be cautions in driving.Unfortunately, Ally Esmael, 26 of Gen. Santos City, driving a white Toyota Hi-Lux vehicle with license plateVFK-521wasunaware of the danger of overspeeding during light to moderate rains in the province.At past 4 p.m. Thursday, Esmael and two others were heading to Tacurong City from Gen. Santos City. The Tantangan traffic office reported that the pick-up was overtaking another vehicle at extra speed that caused the driver to lose control of the steering wheel.The accident site was a well-paved, long stretch of up and downhighway in Barangay Dumadalig, known to be as accident prone having listed scores of highway mishaps.Witnesses told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal that the white vehicle was overspeeding and it turned outside down until it hit a steel and concrete roadside railings.Esmael sustained head and body injuries after he was slammed into a steel barriers.His companions, identified as Elps and Moden, rushed him to a hospital in Tantangan but he was declared dead on arrival. sand//scontent.fmnl4-6.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13346697_978486795591463_8403939163584831967_n.jpg?oh=e3886b8ab66b79268fb8ccd4c544ba37andampoe=57DF046F