A 5-year-old boy drowned in a river in Linaw Bubong, Brgy. San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, at 2 p.m. on Black Saturday, March 30.
The 5-year-old boy, whose name was withheld by the police, was a resident of Sitio Cabugao, Brgy. Haguimit in La Carlota.
Investigation revealed that the victim with his older siblings and his father went to the river to feed their carabao.
The siblings were warned not to go in the river but when their father briefly left them, they went swimming.
The victim accidentally went to a deep portion of the river that caused his drowning.
He was brought to Don Salvador Benedicto Memorial District Hospital where he was declared dead.*