BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – An eight-year-old boy was found dead at the Luguay River in Barangay 3, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
Philippine Coast Guard Negros Occidental chief Lieutenant Commander Jansen Benjamin identified the fatality as Jerome Guguan, a police report showed.
The victim’s body was fished out of the river around 7:35 a.m. on July 20.
According to Benjamin, the boy was swimming alone at the Himamaylan River in Barangay 1 when he was swept by a strong current brought by heavy rains around 3 p.m. on July 19. Last week, three teenagers in this city also died of drowning./PN
