By Edwin Fernandez / Philippine News Agency
DATU MONTAWAL, Maguindanao – Four persons found unconscious inside a parked car in Datu Montawal, Maguindanao on Monday (Sept. 27) afternoon are now recovering in a hospital.
Balumol Cadiding, Datu Montawal municipal disaster management officer, said on Tuesday (Sept. 28) that the four persons were identified as Vanessa Escaner, 39; her husband Jayson Escaner, 31; Mary Jane Barcenilla, 48; and Juanito Tolemia, 55.
Local disaster personnel believed that the car occupants from Davao City were victims of food poisoning. They are now confined at the Albutra Medical Hospital in Kabacan, North Cotabato.
“They are in stable condition according to attending doctors,” Cadiding told reporters.
Cadiding said the victims were heading to Tacurong City after visiting relatives in Midsayap, North Cotabato when they stopped by the road to buy food.
Residents, however, found them unconscious inside a red Toyota Vios car in Barangay Tunggol at about 1 p.m.
Vanessa Escaner, who regained consciousness but was still dizzy, said they were eating while traveling when all of a sudden they suffered abdominal pain and passed out.
“Probably they were poisoned by the food they ate, that is our suspicion but let us wait for the physician’s findings,” Cadiding said. (PNA) – bny
