MANILA, Philippines — Former ABS-CBN News and DZMM reporter Ricky Velasco, famously known as Sky Patrol, passed away last Friday, his family confirmed.
According to Velasco’s wife Yolly Velasco, the former broadcast journalist died of cardiac arrest. She also said that Velasco had a heart ailment prior to his demise.
He was 61.
Velasco’s gained his monicker “Sky Patrol” for pioneering flexible traffic reportage by means of hovering around Metro Manila thoroughfares aboard a helicopter, during morning and afternoon rush hours.
The Sky Patrol became a vital means of transferring traffic information in Metro Manila’s dense areas, especially in an age where the technology u…
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