TABUK City, Kalinga
A Grade 11 student drowned to her death while another girl survived, after they fell into an irrigation canal following a motorcycle accident in Barangay Ipil, Tabuk City, Kalinga at around 6:30 PM Thursday. The fatality was identified as Precious Kate Damagen Arcio,18 from Dagupan West, Tabuk City, whose body was recovered Friday dawn.
Members of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Tabuk and BFP-Kalinga, Tabuk City police and members of the Tabuk City Disater Risk Reduction and Management Office, together with villagers launched the search operation moments after the fall, but only found the victim nine hours after at the irrigation canal in Bakras, Purok 7, Bulanao also in Tabuk City.
The other victim, Ashlyn Tandingan, 19, a native of Pinukpuk town in Kalinga and presently staying at Bulanao,
Tabuk City, was immediately rescued by bystanders who witnessed the accident. She was rushed to the Kalinga
Provincial Hospital (KPH) where she is now recovering. Investigators found out that the two girls on board a
motorcycle came from an establishment when they passed along the irrigation canal. The driver, Arcio, lost control sending her and her back-rider, Tandingan, straight to the irrigation canal.
Artemio A. Dumlao/ABN
February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025