Two drown in Agno River; bodies found

THE BODIES of two persons, including a special child, have been recovered from the Agno River in the towns of Alcala and Bugallon in Pangasinan province.

The first victim. Jonell Sebastian, 12 , a special child, a resident of Barangay San Vicente in  Alcala, was found at 7 p.m. Wednesday, not too far from his residence in San Vicente.

He was reported missing prior to his body’s recovery.

The second victim, an adult male, remained unidentified up to press time. He was  wearing  a black polo t-shirt and black pants, with his body  already in  an advanced state  of decomposition.

Police said the male cadaver was recovered along Agno River at Barangay Banaga in  Bugallon. Police added that the man  drowned  somewhere in San Carlos when the river level rose  due to  heavy rains. -- Liezle Basa Inigo