Three dead in separate incidents
THREE persons met their unfortunate end in separate accidents in Calasiao, Sison and Anda towns last Wednesday, July 28.
Sophia Mae Episcope, three years old, of Barangay Poblacion West in Calasiao town drowned in the floodwater outside their house.
According to police investigation, the victim’s mother, Janice, woke up only to find out her child was missing and found her outside the house lying on the flooded ground.
Janice was rushed to the hospital but was declared dead.
In Sison town, Eugene Marata, 49, a resident of Barangay Esperanza, was walking along a rice field when he tripped on a live electric cable of the La Union Electric Cooperative. He was electrocuted when he fell and hit the cable.
Meanwhile, in Barangay Awile, Anda town, 39-year-old Salvador Camasen died due to suffocation inside a 25-meter deep well he was working on.
Police investigation showed Camasen went down the well to create a water way in the well’s wall, when he passed out.
Prior to the incident, he was complaining of the foul smell in the well, but still continued to work.
He was eventually pulled out by responding rescuers and rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. (Ahikam Pasion)
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