Teenage boy dies after being hit by train in Laguna
LUCENA CITY – An 18-year-old boy died on Monday (July 25) after he was hit by a passing Philippine National Railways (PNR) train in Sta. Rosa City in Laguna province, police said Tuesday (July 26).
Laguna police said John Franklin Minero, a resident of the city, was walking along the steel track in Barangay (village) Pooc at around 11:30 p.m. when he was hit by the train, which consequently ran him over. The victim died on the spot.
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It was not known how the victim failed to hear the oncoming train.
The police were conducting further investigations.
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