Young mother, 5-year-old daughter die in Angeles City landslide

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MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga, Philippines — A 24-year-old mother and her five-year-old daughter died after they were trapped inside their house that was buried by a landslide in Pampang village in Angeles City on Wednesday, July 24.

In a statement, the Angeles City police said the incident happened at Purok 5B Riverside at the back of the City College of Angeles along the Abacan River.

It said the father was able to survive.

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“The three victims were successfully retrieved and transported to the nearest hospital (Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center) for medical treatment, however, two of the victims (mother and child) were declared dead on arrival by their attending physician Dr. Tristan Lacson, while the father, who survived the said incident, was treated at the said hospital,” it said.

A police report obtained by the Inquirer showed that the landslide occurred at around 7:20 a.m.

Upon receiving the landslide report, the city police, firefighters, and disaster response personnel went to the site and jointly conducted a rescue and retrieval operation. The victims were pulled from the mud at 9:15 a.m. and rushed to the city hospital.

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The mother and her daughter were declared dead while the 23-year-old father survived and was confined at the hospital.

Central Luzon police director Brigadier General Jose Hidalgo Jr. said some 2,027 families composed of 7,633 individuals are temporarily sheltered at 86 evacuation centers region-wide particularly in Bataan, Bulacan, and Olongapo City.

He said 101 villages in Bataan, 131 in Bulacan, 8 in Olongapo City, 68 in Pampanga, and 1 in Zambales are flooded while 14 roads in Bulacan, 3 in Pampanga, and 29 in Olongapo City are impassable to vehicles.

In Angeles City, police director Amado Mendoza Jr. said 39 families composed of 139 individuals living along the Abacan River have been evacuated.