BACOLOD City – A 49-year-old seafarer drowned after being swept away by strong currents while fishing with a companion along the shoreline of Barangay Taba-ao, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, on October 20.
Police identified the victim as alias “Dodoy,” a resident of Barangay Bato, Sagay City.
Investigation showed that Dodoy and his companion, alias “Joe,” 32, were fishing near the shoreline in Purok Suyak at around 8 a.m. when the tide suddenly rose, catching both men in the rising waters.
Joe managed to swim back to shore, but Dodoy was swept away by the current and drowned, police said.
Local residents immediately launched search and rescue operations upon learning of the incident. They eventually recovered Dodoy’s body and turned it over to responding personnel of the Sagay City Bantay Dagat.
The victim was rushed to the Alfredo E. Marañon Sr. Memorial District Hospital in Sagay City, where the attending physician declared him dead on arrival.
Personnel of the Sagay City Police Station received a report about the drowning at around 12:10 p.m. and dispatched an investigator and an alert team to the area to investigate the incident.
Authorities have yet to disclose further details surrounding the drowning./PN
