ITOGON, Benguet – A 26-year old man died after he drowned in portion of the Agno river at Eenat, Suyo, Tinongdan, here, Monday.
Chief Inspector Eugene Raymundo, chief of the Itogon Municipal Police Station, identified the fatality as Jefferson Cabson Nangis, 26, single, and a resident of Sito Petican, Tinongdan, Itogon, Benguet.
Initial police investigation showed that the victim, together with his 8 colleagues, were transferring river sand to the opposite end through a tramline when he decided to tie a rope around his waist and connected the same to the tramline and started crossing the river.
However, he was carried away by the strong water current that prompted his colleagues to conduct the necessary search and rescue operations.
The lifeless body of the victim was later recovered and was brought home by his relatives to give him the appropriate wake and burial.
By Dexter A. See