BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental — A 23-year-old man drowned when he jumped off a TriStar roll on-roll off vessel, 2.1 nautical miles from the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. Port in Bacolod City, at 11:40 a.m. Christmas Day.
Lt. Commander Dominador Senador, Bacolod Coast Guard head, yesterday identified the fatality as Manuel Quilliano Jr. of Dumanagas, Iloilo.
Witnesses said he jumped off the vessel, but probers have not determined his motive for killing himself, Senador said. Even Quillano’s family did not know why he jumped, he added.
The vessel stopped and crew members rescued Quillano, he said. However, Quillano was declared dead at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Hospital in Bacolod City later at 1:30 p.m., Senador said. /INQUIRER