Cagayan soil mound kills two boys

By Vice Jacob Visaya

TUGUEGARAO CITY -- Two boys died after they were buried in a soil mound that collapsed near the Cagayan River in Purok 2, Barangay Andarayan North, Solana, Cagayan on June 10, a belated police report on June 14 said.

    Capt. Isabelita Gano, the Cagayan police spokesman, said Niño Chris Baggayan, a 13-year-old high school student, and A-jay Lumabao, a 10-year-old Grade 6 pupil died one after the other after they were unearthed in a soil collapse in the village. Baggayan died before 12 midnight on June 10 while Lumabao died on June 11 morning at the St. Paul Hospital in this city.

    The two boys with friend Andrew Cambri allegedly dug soil at the ravine to serve as a shed during a picnic near the Cagayan River but it collapsed on them.