RP police general killed by stone

RP police general killed by stone

MANILA (AP): A former Philippine police general who survived
battles with Communist rebels was killed in a car when a stone
thrown by a prankster along a northern Philippine highway hit him
in the face, police said yesterday.

Retired Brig. Gen. Orlando Antonio was killed early on Monday
on a highway in Guiguinto in Bulacan province, regional police
chief Arturo Lomibao said.

Lomibao said Antonio was seated beside his driver when a stone
thrown from a bridge by a prankster smashed through the car's
windshield and into his face. Police said the prankster escaped.
Antonio died later in a hospital, Lomibao said.

Police said pranksters have previously thrown stones at
vehicles from the bridge. Last year, a group of men threw a stone
at a passing car. When the driver of the car stopped and chased
the men, another group of men boarded his car and drove off, they
said.