Sagada cop dies while responding to alarm

SAGADA, Mountain Province – A police officer responding to an alarm from the Treasure Link Coop here at Poblacion lost his balance and fell making his head hit the pavement which caused his death Wednesday around 7:50 p.m.

The victim identified as Cpl. Ashley Jeff Sulipa Bagangan suffered injuries on his head and was immediately brought to Saint Theodore's Hospital in the Poblacion but died while undergoing treatment.

Town folks said Bagangan’s death was a freak accident and in line of duty.

The police station is a few meters away from the Treasure Link office inside a building of the Anglican Mission Compound being utilized for commercial purposes where canteens and souvenir shops are in operation.

The building is at a junction of a road to Besao town while another goes down to the famed Sumaguing Cave.