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5-yo girl drowns in river

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN

A 5 year-old girl was reported by the police to have drowned on Black Saturday at the Bago river in Purok Mahogany, Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental.

Based on initial police investigations, the minor and other members of her family were having a swim at the river when her father noticed that she was nowhere to be found.

Following the conduct of search and operations, the victim was later discovered submerged underwater.

The victim was reported by the police to have been declared dead on arrival at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City.*

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