Bulacan high school student drowns in river | Inquirer News

Bulacan high school student drowns in river

By: - Correspondent / @inquirerdotnet
/ 05:46 PM November 07, 2016

A river in Bulacan (HIP INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

A river in Bulacan (HIP INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)

NORZAGARAY, Bulacan — A senior high school student drowned in a river here on Saturday (Nov. 5).

The body of 16-year-old Mark Joseph Meneses was retrieved from the Bakas River in Sitio Kanyakkan, Matictic village on Sunday morning (Nov. 6) by rescuers.

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Meneses and six of his friends from the Assumpta Academy in Bulakan town took a morning dip at the river.

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But at noontime, strong currents swept three of the swimmers, among them Meneses who was drawn down into the river’s deeper portions, according to the students’ testimonies.

More than a year ago, a family from the City of San Jose del Monte drowned in the same river. SFM

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TAGS: Accident, accidental death, Bakas River, Bulacan, drowning

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