Two Negrenses, including a senior high school student, drowned in two Negros Occidental cities on Sunday and Monday, Dec. 29 and 30.
A 17-year-old senior high school student and resident of Brgy. Tinampa-an drowned in Brgy. Zone 4, Cadiz City, on Sunday.
Residents discovered the teenager on the shore and brought him to the Cadiz Emergency Clinic where he was declared dead.
The victim died due to pulmonary congestion secondary to drowning, the attending physician said.
The next day, a 26-year-old man also drowned when his bamboo raft capsized in a river in Sitio Atubon, Brgy. Tan-awan, Kabankalan City.
The victim was aboard a homemade bamboo raft but due to the strong current he lost control causing it to capsize, his mother told the police.
His feet were stuck between the bamboo and his body was covered by the raft, the police said.*