ABS-CBN TALENT DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT / PILAR PILAPIL CARJACK INCIDENT
MANILA, APRIL 18, 2011 (BULLETIN) By JOJO P. PANALIGAN (PHOTO -GONE TOO SOON: Young television actor AJ Perez, whose real name is Antonilo Joseph S. Perez, was killed in a road accident in Tarlac province shortly after midnight on Palm Sunday. Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman, Chief Superintendent Agrimero Cruz, Jr. said the accident happened at 12:10 a.m. on MacArthur Highway, Barangay San Julian, in Moncada town. (Photo Courtesy of ABS-CBN website)
ABS-CBN talent AJ Perez passed away early April 17 after sustaining "multiple head injuries" in a vehicular accident on his way to Manila from a show in Dagupan, Pangasinan. He was 18.
According to reports, the vehicle he was on got hit by a bus and a truck in Paniqui, Tarlac. He was rushed to a hospital in Tarlac but didn't make it, expiring at around "12:20 a.m."
In a statement sent by ABS-CBN Corporate Communications Bong Osorio to media, he said that Perez met the vehicular accident together with his father, two road managers, a driver and an event marshal.
"ABS-CBN sympathizes with AJ's family on his untimely demise, and urges everyone to pray for the eternal repose of AJ's soul and for the family and loved ones he left behind," the statement read in part.
Showbiz reporter Ogie Diaz, who was able to talk to Perez's parents right after the accident, tweeted the reaction of the father, Gerardo Perez: "Sana, panaginip lang to, Ogie. Si Aj ang buhay namin ng mami nya, bakit sya pa? Sana, ako na lang."
As for Perez's mother, Victoria, the reporter quoted her as saying: "Tinanong ko si dadi, bat ang tagal nilang umuwi? Pauwi na raw sila from Dagupan, pero nag-aalala pa rn ako, d ko alam kumbakit balisa ako."
Diaz tweeted other messages on the matter:
"Galing ng Dagupan, pauwi na. Tulog lahat sa van. Sa Tarlac, biglang bumangga sa trak. Bago pa nadala si AJ Perez sa ospital, wala nang buhay."
"Sa bus po bumangga ang van sakay si AJ Perez kung saan yung left brain nya ang matinding napuruhan."
"Nasa isang clinic sa Paniqui, Tarlac ang mga labi ni AJ Perez. Kausap ko si Daddy kanina, iyak nang iyak. Ndi ako makakatulog nito."
The late Perez himself tweeted about the trip back home hours before meeting the accident.
"On the way home already from Dagupan.Long drive ahead.. Thanks to everybody who watched..."
Perez has done various commercials and has appeared on "ASAP," "Abt Ur Luv," "Lobo," "Ang Tanging Pamilya," among others. The Star Magic talent has been tapped to become one of the leading men in the TV series, "Sabel."
Pilar Pilapil stable after alleged carjacking incident By ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ April 15, 2011, 3:05pm
MANILA, Philippines – Veteran actress Pilar Pilapil is now recuperating from the multiple stab wounds she sustained in an alleged "carjacking" incident in Marikina City last April 14.
A source of abs-cbnNEWS.com was quoted as saying, "Okay na siya (Pilapil) ngayon. Nagtamo siya ng seven stab wounds yata 'yon, pero okay na siya."
Initial reports stated that Pilapil, along with a companion identified as Rosel Rosalem, were on board a Kia vehicle and treading along Marikina Riverbanks when two unknown armed men supposedly abducted them at around 9:30 p.m., Thursday, as reported on April 15 by DZMM's Rod Izon via ANC.
In another report by GMA News TV also on Friday, the suspects are said to have been aboard a motorcycle.
The abs-cbnNEWS.com source, meanwhile, said that the armed men "stopped" and "commandeered" the vehicle that was being driven by Rosalem.
The 60-year-old former beauty queen was found covered in blood along Pedra Blanca in Barangay San Luis in Antipolo City at around 11:30 p.m., according to PO3 Rodel Druha of the Antipolo PNP (Philippine National Police) as reported on ANC. Apparently, she managed to seek help despite her stab wounds.
Pilapil was initially rushed to the Antipolo District Hospital, after which she was transferred to the Medical City in Pasig City, where the actress is currently recovering.
The events of the said attack came to the police's knowledge through the initial interrogation of two men who reportedly assisted Pilapil and took her to the hospital in Antipolo, C/Supt. Samuel Pagdilao of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of PNP said in a phone interview with ANC.
The two, whom Pagdilao declined to identify, are currently under custody.
Pagdilao also clarified earlier reports of the alleged carjacking. "We have to be very careful until we have evidence to establish that fact so for now it's a general investigation," he said.
Pilapil has yet to be interviewed for the investigation, Pagdilao also said.
"It's also very important that we'll be able to interview Ms. Pilapil at the proper condition where she would be able to give us.… her testimony about what happened," said he.
The Marikina PNP is also carrying out a follow-up operation and investigation on the incident.
Pilapil's female companion, as well as the vehicle, remain missing as of this writing.
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