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LUCENA CITY — A 28-year-old man drowned on Christmas day in a river in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges in General Nakar town in Quezon province.
The Quezon police, in a report on Thursday, Dec. 26, said “Noriel”, a resident of the locality, was swimming to cross Agos River when he was swept away by the raging current in Barangay Banglos around 8 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 25.
His body was recovered around 9 a.m. the next day further down the river in neighboring Infanta town, according to the police.
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Agos River originates from the Sierra Madre mountain ranges and ends up in the Pacific Ocean.
Police are conducting further investigations. For now, the case has been recorded as a “drowning incident.”
On Wednesday, General Nakar was battered by heavy rains due to the shear lines. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration raised a “yellow” warning due to the heavy downpour over Quezon province.