Two children, a four-year-old kindergarten student and a three-year-old daycare student, drowned after falling from the Pritil Wharf in Barangay Bombong, Binangonan, Rizal on Monday, Aug. 4.
Based on police investigation, the victims, identified as cousins Matthew Villariña and Joseph Julian Antinero, were walking beside the waiting shed of the wharf when they accidentally fell into the lake and drowned.
Matthew’s mother saw her son’s slipper floating in the water, prompting her to immediately ask for help from their neighbors.
The rescuers recovered the two boys and were brought to Margarito Duavit Memorial Hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival. (Patrick Garcia)
