CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Ilocos Sur – Two persons died of electrocution Wednesday in the towns of Bantay and Caoayan, both in Ilocos Sur.
Police said that construction worker Manuel Acenas Jr. was climbing a roof of the house he was repairing in Barangay Balaleng-Amianance, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, when he accidentally touched a live wire.
He was declared dead on arrival in a hospital. The second victim, Edwin Benzon, 27, a cook, was cleaning a restaurant in Poblacion, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, last Wednesday when he also touched a live wire on the floor. The victim was rushed to the nearest hospital but died. (Freddie G. Lazaro)
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