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2 dead, 4 injured after elf falls into irrigation canal in Tabuk City

Updated: Dec 20, 2022


Tabuk City, Kalinga – Two men died while four were hospitalized after an elf plunged into the irrigation canal in Purok 6, Tuliao in Barangay Calanan Thursday morning, December 15, 2022.


Kalinga Police Information Officer PCapt. Ruff Manganip relayed to Guru Press Cordillera that the six individuals came from Barangay Agbannawag and were supposed to attend a Men’s Fellowship Assembly in Apayao.


Using a Double Cab Elf, the 6 men hit the road at around 5:00 a.m. today. However, as they reached a sharp curve along the Kalinga-Cagayan road in Calanan, the driver Cesar Abalos Camtugan, 52 lost control of the vehicle leading them straight to the irrigation canal.

Camtugan and four other passengers identified as Marlon Masedma Kis-ing, 35, Jaymar Bistacion Badillo, 31, Jayson Bang-ay Quinio, 37, and Daniel Casim Cudal, 57, were rushed to Kalinga Provincial Hospital.


Edwin Capuyan, one of the passengers, however, was swept off by the water.


After almost a two-hour search and retrieval operation, Capuyan was found by the authorities one kilometer away from the place of the incident. Unfortunately, he was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.


Manganip also informed that Quinio who sustained a severe head injury and was unconscious after the accident passed away at the hospital at 8:35 a.m.


The other four passengers remain being treated at the KPH.

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