PH reggae singer Kokoi Baldo dies in road accident

MANILA, Philippines: Popular Reggae singer Kokoi Baldo, Juan Manuel Ubaldo in real life, died in a vehicular accident in Bacolod City early Friday morning.

Ubaldo, 44, was trying to overtake a vehicle in front of him along the Circumferential Road in Barangay Mandalagan at 1:30 a.m. on Friday when he lost control of his motorcycle and was run over by a 10-wheeler truck carrying sugarcane that caused his death.

PHOTO from Kokoi Baldo (FB account)

His head was reportedly severed from his body because of the impact of the accident.

The truck driver has been detained.

No other details are available as of posting time.