5 drown, 1 missing in Camarines Sur beach | Inquirer News

5 drown, 1 missing in Camarines Sur beach

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LEGAZPI CITY — Five persons drowned, while one was reported missing in San Jose town in Camarines Sur province on Saturday morning.

Major Rommel San Andres, San Jose police chief, said in a phone interview that a 12-year-old girl survived while her five cousins, three of them minors, drowned after big waves hit them while swimming around 9:30 a.m. along the seashore in Barangay Dolo.

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Initial investigation said the victims swam together but minutes later, their uncle, Gilbert Cea saw them and asked for assistance from other people in the area.

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San Andres said the search and rescue operation was still ongoing to find a 16-year-old girl who was still missing in the incident.

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