Former Miss Mandaue titlist badly hurt in car accident

[Bentleys]

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A happy go lucky mode of driving,
very perilous indeed.

[jonmlas]

More details are starting to come out on what transpired before the car crash that caused a former Ms. Mandaue titlist to lose her leg. During an interview by the police as part of the accident investigation, 19 year old Junichi Dizon Kuribayashi of Sunny Hills, Talamban, Cebu told that he was not the one driving the wrecked Mazda 2 as it was Karina Gajudo who was behind steering wheel. He added that the two of them were heading home to Talamban after coming from the Barcode Bar in Crossroads Banilad. They already went past the Banilad-Talamban flyover when Gajudo, the Miss Mandaue 2010 winner received a text message near Banilad Elementary School which made her decide to make a U-Turn to go back to Crossroads. Before they reached the flyover, their car was seen to be veering left and right as if it was losing control. The white Mazda 2 then hit the concrete lane divider that caused the compact sedan to overturn. The driver was thrown out of the car and in the process her lower leg to be detached from her body.

Kuribayashi suffered just minor injuries and was discharged from the North General Hospital. The police initially suspected young man as the driver as his driver’s license was found inside the damaged car. The police have not talked yet to Gajudo as they want the accident victim to recover first before asking questions regarding what transpired on Saturday dawn. Gajudo’s family in the meantime requests some privacy and they are thanking the people who expressed support to Karina.



From Inquirer...
POLICE yesterday spoke with the 19-year-old male companion who survived the Feb. 23 dawn car crash in the Banilad-Talamban flyover as investigators try to piece together how it happened.
Junichi Dizon Kuribayashi showed up with his mother in the office of the Cebu city Traffic Patrol Group which had invited him for queries.
Kuribashi, a resident of Sunny Hills, barangay Talamban, told police he was in the front passenger seat of the Mazda 2 vehicle and that the driver was his friend 21-year-old Carina Gajudo.
The woman, a former Miss Mandaue titlist and resident of Talamban, is still confined in a private hospital after losing part of her left leg in the accident.
SPO4 Nelson Jayme said the young man narrated that the two were heading home in her car after having drinks in Barcode Bar at Crossroads in Banilad. The accident occurred at 4 a.m. Saturday.
According to the account, Gajudo read a text message on her cellphone upon reaching the Banilad public school and suddenly executed a U-Turn to return to Crossroads and drive through the flyover again.
At that point, the vehicle was weaving left and right.
“Gi-ikis ikis sa babae ang sakyanan, murag gihadlok ang laki,” said SPO4 Jayme. (She was driving in a zigzag manner as if to scare the young man.)
The white Mazda 2 sedan with plate no. YJD 242 rammed the concrete lane divider at the foot of the Ban-Tal flyover and overturned. The impact threw the woman out of the car.
Kuribashi suffered “multiple abrasions secondary to motor vehicle accident” according to the medical certificate from the North General Hospital where he was treated then discharged on Sunday morning.
His driver’s license was found in the wrecked car, leading police to initially identify him as the driver in news reports.
SPO4 Jayme said the young man’s physical appearance looked normal when he went to the police office and he was able to answer questions although “he was at times hesitant.”
Kuribashi’s mother also showed to police photographs of the accident site taken by other people present.
Jayme said the young man and Gajudo were able to converse on the cellphone after the accident but that he was not privy to what they discussed.
Police are waiting for Gajudo to recover well enough before they ask her questions about the accident. The wrecked vehicle has been turned over to Mazda for insurance purposes.
At this point, there is no talk of charges or a complaint filed against any party, said Jayme.
Meanwhile, the Gajudo family requested for privacy over the accident.
“We are deeply touched by the many expressions of concern and support for our daughter Carina. She is obviously still in pain but her doctors say she is out of danger and her condition is stable. With God’s grace, we expect her to fully recover. In the meantime, we request for privacy in this difficult time for our family,” the Gajudo family said in a statement on Sunday./Correspondent Tweeny M. Malinao

[haroldjizdeortega]

if there's a percentage, it's a majority...and so are the drivers of public utility transport...
and i almost forgot, the motorcycle drivers...majority...

where did you get your statistics, kitohw?

[kit_cebu]

where did you get your statistics, kitohw?

if you're a driver, you'd notice...

[ed168III]

nuon iya ang car, sya jud ang ga drive, if dli sya ang ga drive, mosugot pud kaha malmalon iya sakyanan? tsk tsk, ask ko pila kmph ang needed to start to drift? mga 150 kmph??

as wat ppl say here, we can conclude naay established habit na tig drift sya or ga ikis2x tungod na out of control?

ma kwits ra na oie,

pwde pa sya makiha sa laki if sala nya pro im sure, ma kwits rani, pro iya left foot no more, pro if automatic ang sakyanan, maka drive ghapn sya, naa pay usa ka tiil

hope shel be fine

[edgeowns]

Based on the news, its really hard to sympathize. From a bar(most likely drunk), doesnt drive carefully and in fact was trying to scare the guy by driving zigzag, no seatbelt.

[dexlimp]

base sa news update na naa statement ang laki, my speculation is, after niya na read ang txt msg, nikalit cya u-turn (without looking at the back gani cgro kng naa ba sakyanan lyk motor ba ron na gasunod), dn nag zigzag lng jud cya padagan na iya jud tinuyo (dli lng ky tungod sa kahubog) tungod ky ganahan lng jud cya o hilig na niya mag zigzag whenever mingaw ang road, dn while ga zigzag cgro cya nagpadagan ga reply cgro cya at the same time sa nagtxt nya (kay ngpakuha cgro to ang ngtxt mao ni reply cya na padung na cya) dn mao cgro na wala niya nabantayan ang hump. Kay cyempre tga talamban bya cya so pirmi jud cya tg agi dhang lugara pasaka fly.over, ma memorize na jud na nmo ang mga libaong ba ron o humps kng asa dapita, ky kung focus lng jd ka sa dan, bsan pg mag zigzag kag taman2x mg drive, bsan pg lukopon pa nmo ang tibuok dan sa imong pag zigzag2x, nka-inom mn ka o wala, ma estimate na jud na nmo kng asa ka dapita molikay ug agi kng naa humps o libaong ba ron hayag mn o di ang dan, not unless kng naa ba ron mokalit ug tabok na tawo o iro na dapat likayan.

oh well, we can only speculate, all things will be clear f mka recover na ang girl.

[bossdak]

idol guro niya si ken block.

[epoy73]

murag sa hump tingali. naa man nay mga hump sa other side. mga lingin na hump kanang murag mga nuno sa punso. ambot unsay gamit anang mga hump na klaro man kaayo makacause disgrasya. di pa jud maklaro kay napuno hugaw ang pintal. tsktsktsk

mao jud!! hapit gani ko mamatay diha last week kai naa mana sa kilid murag hump nga murag lapok mga 5 na kabook galaray naa sad na sa ayala nga bridge abi nako mao nato .. badshota lagi wala man lang reflector or something nga imo xa mabantayan ... ngit2 jud kai na dha wa pa jud na suga or puste dapit diha .. uwan to kusog kaayu padung ko duty pag agi nako dha dapit bridge diri man ku ubos kai gikan man ko ayala mga 1am.. g sikitan man ko sa taxi so napugos ko kawat pakilid sos sa dihang naa man d ay na humps dha , nag untol2 lagi ko sa 5 ka humps gilahos jud nako og jam2 kai og ako toh e liko ako manubila ma disgraxa jud ko ato mulamba man jud ko ato kusog man ako dagan , kalooi ginoo wa jud ko matumba ... og natumba pa ko ato ditso ko sa kasugat nako nga pasaka sa bridge , mga bogo jud ning dpwh oi wai mga utok unia nana nila usbon og nana mamatay . sure ko

[mj.pocholo]

musta na ning babaye ani?