SOLSONA, Ilocos Norte March 27 – A 5-year old girl died after she allegedly drowned in a sabo dam while she and her parents were having a picinic in the area at Maananteng, here, Sunday.
Police authorities identified the fatality as Janny Sagun Reign, 5, a resident of barangay Manalpac, Solsona, Ilocos Norte.
Initial police investigation showed the victim and her parents had a picnic in the sabo dam in the place of incident when her mother started looking for her after eating lunch.
Concerned citizens immediately conducted search and rescue operations and one of them was able to discover the body of the victim in the bottom of the said dam.
She was immediately rushed to the Dingras District Hospital for medical treatment but she was pronounced dead on arrival by attending physicians due to alleged drowning.
By Dexter A. See