3 kids drown in Tarlac quarry

CAPAS, Tarlac — Three children drowned in a deep portion of a quarry here in Sitio Calangitan, Barangay CutCut on Tuesday. Col. David Poklay, acting Tarlac police director, identified the victims as Richel Bruno, 7; Raymar Bruno, 9 and Eunice Gutierrez, 10. Villager Jelvin Umali, 29, said he was passing by the area when an unidentified minor told him that three children drowned in the quarry. The victims were pronounced dead on arrival at the Divine Mercy Hospital. – Ric Sapnu