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Mountain Province mourns death of former mayor

BONTOC, Mountain Province — The province is mourning the death of former Sagada mayor James Pooten II, his wife and two other relatives who were killed in a vehicular accident while on vacation in Alberta, Canada, on Friday.

According to a report, the former mayor, his wife Cymbeline Joan, cousin Arlene Guzman-Padalla and her son Jacob were aboard a sports utility vehicle (SUV) when it collided head on with a semi-truck hauling a grain trailer.