SUV FALLS INTO CREEK IN CALOOCAN; DRIVER, PASSENGER DEAD

TWO people were killed when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) was swept away by flood and fell into a creek in Camarin, Caloocan on Monday night.

The Caloocan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) first found the body of the  60-year-old driver of the SUV few kilometers away from the vehicle on Tuesday morning.

The driver’s body was found along Sampaguita Bridge in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City.

His passenger, the female owner of the SUV, was found on Wednesday in the waters off Bulacan.

The driver’s family told police that he was with his employer before the incident happened around 7 p.m. on Monday.

His wife said he was able to call her to seek help from the barangay, but his voice eventually became unclear on the phone.

Meanwhile, the woman;s body was found past 2 p.m. in the waters off Bgy. Taliptip in Bulakan, Bulacan.

The woman’s family confirmed her identity based on the necklace and clothes she was wearing.