ENGINEER,  SURVEY AIDE DROWN IN ANGAT RIVER

BY KEVIN GALANG

AN engineer and his survey aide conducting river channel survey drowned in Angat River in Baliwag City, Bulacan.

In a report to Police Regional Office 3 director Brig. Gen. Jose Hidalgo Jr., the Bulacan police identified the victims as engineer Roxan Limus, 38, of San Miguel, Burgos, Pangasinan and his survey aide Dave Mangahas, 24, of Balolong Malaki, San Ildefonso, Bulacan.

The victims’’ colleague Dennis Manuel, 52, also an engineer and a resident of Bgy. Talacsan, San Rafael, Bulacan, told police that they were a team from CM Pancho Construction Company conducting a river channel survey in Angat River in the part of Bgy. Makinabang.

Manuel said Mangahas was crossing the river when he suddenly slipped and fell into the water.

Limus tried to rescue Mangahas but he too submerged into the water.

The other companions failed to rescue the  drowning victims and sought help from the Baliwag police.

Members of the Baliwag City Public Assistance Command Center (PACC) conduct search and retrieval operation to locate the bodies of the two victims.