2 drowned P’sinan girls buried P’sinan

URBIZTONDO, Pangasinan - Two girls drowned in a fresh water swamp in Sitio Aponit, Barangay Poblacion in Urbiztondo town on Nov. 2 were buried last week.

The fatalities were identified as Ailene Brian, 15, a first year high school student; and Angelica Bataan, 14, a Grade 6 pupil, both were residents here of Barangay Real.

Police said the victims left their house around 11 a.m. the same day and proceeded to the fresh water swamp to gather edible snails, locally known as "alereg."

While the girls were walking around the swamp, they stepped into an area of more or less nine feet deep, where they submerged and drowned.

At about 5 p.m., the mother of Bataan, worried about her daughter, asked for help from their relatives to locate her daughter and companion.

When they searched the swamp, they saw two seemingly lifeless bodies floating.

The two girls were rushed to the Velasquez Hospital in Mangatarem town where they were pronounced dead on arrival by the attending physician. - PNA