By
Erwin Beleo
SAN GABRIEL, La Union
-- A tourist from Manila drowned while diving in the famous Tangadan Falls here
on August 5.
Chief Insp.
Silverio Ordinado Jr., La Union police information officer, identified the
tourist as Jose Moses Sy Ascano, 23, a resident of Malate, Manila.
Police said
Ascano and his companions were on a trekking adventure at the waterfalls when
he jumped from a cliff which is being used as diving platform.
Upon
landing he was swept away by the strong current and drowned.
Rescuers
from San Gabriel and San Juan fire stations and municipal disaster management
personnel brought Ascano to the Bacnotan
District Hospital where he was declared
dead.
His body
was fetched by his relatives and companions who brought it to Manila.
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