• THERESA MAE DULMAN
A 49-year-old seafarer died from drowning during a sudden high tide off the coast of Purok Suyak, Barangay Taba-ao in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday morning, Oct. 20.
The Sagay police said that alias “Dodoy”, was fishing near the shoreline around 8 a.m. alongside a 32-year-old companion when rising waters and strong currents unexpectedly caught them off guard.
While his companion managed to swim back to shore safely, “Dodoy” was swept away into deeper waters and drowned.
Residents launched a search and retrieval operation, recovered “Dodoy”, and turned him over to the responding Sagay City Bantay Dagat team.
“Dodoy” was rushed to the Alfredo E. Marañon Sr. Memorial District Hospital, but he was declared dead on arrival. His body is at the hospital morgue pending a post-mortem examination. | TMD
