BACOLOD City – A welder died after he got electrocuted while at work in a relative’s house in Municipal Subdivision, Barangay Poblacion I, Sagay City, Negros Occidental.
Alexander Eleuterio Sonio was taken to the nearby Lopez District Farmers’ Hospital, Inc. where he was pronounced “dead on arrival.”
The incident happened at around 3:30 p.m. on July 25.
Working on a truck at the time, the 47-year-old resident of Sarromar Subdivision in the same barangay accidentally touched a live wire, police investigation showed.
Jungie Mapa, a driver and resident of Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City, found the lifeless Sonio under the truck.
The remains were taken to a local mortuary for an autopsy.
FARMER HANGS SELF
A 48-year-old farmer was found dead in Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.
Resident Jacinto Perolino Sibay committed suicide by hanging, police said.
His wife Gina Jacinto, 46, found the body at around 2 p.m. on July 24.
But Jacinto reported to the police only the following day, said the officers.
From what the investigators have so far gathered, before he was found lifeless, Sibay – who was drunk at the time – had an argument with his wife about the latter’s alleged affair.
Jacinto found the body hanging from a gmelina tree with a rope tied around the neck, police said.
The remains were taken to the Nalagon Funeral Home in Moises Padilla.
2 FARMERS DROWN
Two farmers drowned in Kabankalan City and Candoni town in Negros Occidental.
Edgardo Torres Amparado, 56, was from Barangay Tan-awan, Kabankalan City while Renald Campos, 31, was from Barangay East, Candoni.
Amparo was trying to cross a river in Sitio Magkinigkig in their village at around 8 p.m. on July 22 when he drowned.
He was with seven other people when a strong current swept them, according to the Kabankalan City police station.
Amparo’s body was recovered in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City.
His son reported the incident to the police station only on July 25.
Campos, on the other hand, fell onto the muddy field after he had an epileptic seizure, the police said. He was spraying insecticide at their farm at the time, added the police. (With Mae Singuay/PN)
