SEVEN PERSONS drowned in
separate incidents in Northern Luzon on April 19.
The
fatalities included four in Cagayan, two in Pangasinan and one in Isabela.
Reports said
that Santiago Supnet Jr., 45; Rogie Evilla, 35; Jhon Jericho Doran, 11, and
Janica de Luna, 7, were carried away by the current as they were swimming in
the towns of Solana, Sto. Niño, Lal-lo and Pamplona, respectively.
Doran, De
Luna and their families were having a picnic in the Cagayan River where the
incident occurred.
Police said
Evilla and Supnet were seen having drinking sessions with their friends before
they decided to swim.
Meanwhile, in
Pangasinan, Julian Cordova, 62, drowned as he and his friends were swimming in
the Agno River in Mangatarem town.
Cordova, a
resident of Pasay City, was vacationing with a relative in Barangay Cabayaosan.
Reports said
he and his friends had a drinking session before they decided to take a dip in
the river.
Cordova was
declared dead on arrival at the Mangatarem District Hospital.
In nearby
Dasol town, Lota Ebidag, 20, reportedly failed to resurface after she dived in
a swimming pool in Barangay Petal.
Reports said
Ebidag and her boyfriend had a drinking spree before they went to the pool.
Ebidag was
found unconscious under the water by her boyfriend, who rushed her to the Dasol
Community Hospital where she was declared dead on arrival.
On the same
day, Gomer Karlo Balanon, 18, drowned in the Abuan River in Ilagan City,
Isabela.
Balanon was declared dead on arrival in a
hospital. – Eva Visperas and Raymund Catindig
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