{"id":19724,"date":"2026-04-21T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=19724"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:00:58","slug":"19724","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/19724\/","title":{"rendered":"VAN RAMS HOUSES, TRIKE, PEDESTRIANS KILLING PREGNANT WOMAN, DAUGHTER IN BATAAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY KEVIN GALANG\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MARIVELES, Bataan \u2013\u00a0A pregnant woman and her daughter on<\/strong><strong> Saturday died while several others were injured when a closed van malfunctioned and rammed several houses and a tricycle before hitting maritime cadets who were then walking on MAAP road in this town.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jess Mendez<\/strong><strong> identified the fatalities as Katrina Mejes, 32, who was said to be three months pregnant, and her 11-year-old\u00a0\u00a0daughter Breccia Kate Mejes, both residents of Sitio Marina\u00a0in Bgy.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Alas-asin<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An investigation showed the Isuzu closed van driven by 60-year-old Herminio Jr. Nicolas of Paombong, Bulacan was traveling at high speed when the driver allegedly lost control of the wheels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The van rammed several roadside structures, including houses, and a tricycle, before hitting the cadets who were then walking on the road.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The mother and her daughter were said to be passengers of the tricycle struck by the van.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All victims were rushed to the Mariveles Mental Wellness and General Hospital, where the mother and her daughter died while undergoing treatment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Responding lawmen arrested the van driver who is facing charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide, multiple physical injuries, and damage to property.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY KEVIN GALANG&nbsp; &nbsp; MARIVELES, Bataan &ndash;&nbsp;A pregnant woman and her daughter on Saturday died while several others were injured when a closed van malfunctioned<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5.png",854,791,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5-300x278.png",300,278,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5-768x711.png",640,593,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5.png",640,593,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5.png",854,791,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5.png",854,791,false],"kreeti-slider-full":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5-854x720.png",854,720,true],"kreeti-featured":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5.png",854,791,false],"kreeti-medium":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5-720x530.png",720,530,true],"kreeti-medium-square":["https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bitq0ah5-350x350.png",350,350,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/category\/provincial\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Provincial<\/a>","tag_info":"Provincial","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19727,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19724\/revisions\/19727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}