MELEE AT DAWN

LAOAG CITY, March 24–Due to a near road accident between a motorcycle and a kurong-kurong (improvised tricycle), two groups of riders clashed at dawn near the city public market along Bonifacio and Abadilla Streets here.

The melee was captured by closed circuit television (CCTV) camera. A footage released to the media by police showed the near collision incident. It further showed that three male riders alighted from their motorcycle.

As they dashed for a confrontation, the trio were met by a steel pipe-wielding man and his companions including a woman. A brief rumble erupted.

Cooler heads intervened and pacified the melee. One of the motorcycle riders was bloodied and was rushed to the hospital for treatment of his wounds.(tsg w/ da report)