Small-scale miner killed
CAMARINES NORTE—A gold panner in Barangay Sta. Rosa Norte of Jose Panganiban town died after falling into a mining pit on Wednesday.
Provincial police chief Senior Supt. Joselito Esquivel said Wowie Menedez, 31, was sleeping on a bench near the mining pit when he fell into the 20-meter hole operated by a certain Macoy Asistin.
Menedez succumbed to multiple head and body injuries, said Esquivel.
Jonas C. Soltes, Inquirer S. Luzon
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