Construction worker killed in Rizal landslide
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LUCENA CITY — A construction worker was killed in a landslide in Tanay town in Rizal province on Thursday, Jan. 16.
The Police Region 4A, citing a report from Tanay police, said that at around 9:30 a.m., an avalanche of loose soil from the upper portion of the construction site buried two workers while digging for a fence project in Barangay Sampaloc.
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Rescuers recovered the buried workers identified as Leonardo Pajanustan and Albert Tiongco. The latter was found unconscious.
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Tiongco was rushed to the Army Station Hospital at Camp Capinpin in the same village but was declared dead on arrival.
The police are conducting further investigations. INQ
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