ILOILO – A 47-year-old farmer died after being electrocuted while working in a rice field in Barangay Balabag, Dumangas town over the weekend.
Police identified the victim as Sherwin Tamayo, a resident of the said barangay.
Based on the investigation conducted by the Dumangas Municipal Police Station, a witness identified as Vicente Tingson discovered the victim unconscious and lying face down in the field near the roadside at around 6:40 a.m. on Saturday, July 11.
In a DYRI RMN Iloilo report, personnel of the Dumangas Rescue Team immediately rushed Tamayo to the Ramon D. Duremdes District Hospital. However, the attending physician declared him dead at 7:40 a.m.
According to the Dumangas police, the victim was attempting to clear a sagging fiber line from his field. He reportedly failed to notice that the wire had come into contact with a live power line of the Iloilo Electric Cooperative II, leading to the fatal electrocution./PN
