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14-year-old boy drowns, lightning kills laborer

A 14-year-old boy drowned and a laborer died after being hit by lightning in Negros Occidental on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3 and 4.

Alias “Trinidad”, 57, a laborer, died after she was hit by lightning in Casal-agan Viejo, Brgy. Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra, on Saturday.

She was hit by lightning while working in a sugarcane field, the police reported.

She was rushed to the Don Salvador Benedicto District Hospital in La Carlota City where she was declared dead.

Meanwhile, a 14-year-old boy drowned in a river in Hacienda San Ramon, Brgy. Manalad, Ilog, on Friday.

The victim and three other minors were swimming in the river when he was carried away by strong current.

He was brought to the Lorenzo D. Zayco District Hospital in Kabanklan but was declared dead on arrival, the police reported.*

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