CITY OF MALOLOS—For trying fo catch a fish in a flooded rice field in Calumpit town on Friday, a construction worker was drowned.
Manuel Lukban Jr., head of the Bulacan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) identified the victim as Christian Grabahim.
Grabahim who has a job in the town and his fellow workers went to fish at the middle of a rice field in Barangay Pungo at about 4 p.m. when he accidentally slipped and fell into a deep portion of the rice field.
His friends tried saving him but failed to locate him down in the waters. They then immediately sought the help of the Calumpit Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO).
Enriquito Santiago Jr., MDRRMO head said his rescue team with the help of Philippine Coast Guard members rushed to the area to rescue Grabahim.
He said they arrived in the place before 5 p.m. but failed to save the victim. The middle of the rice field is more than 4ft. flooded and with a strong current of flood waters, Santiago also said.
They then only found his body and retrieved it. The rescuers were just in the nearby area distributing relief goods to flooded residents.
