Minglanilla flashflood: One of two missing girls confirmed dead
The Minglanilla town police yesterday confirmed the death of a 16-year-old girl who went missing with her younger sister after they were swept away by a flashflood Sunday afternoon in barangay Guindaruhan.
The victim was identified as Miriam Heruela, a third year high school student of
Miriam, who was declared dead at the
PO2 Rico Emperwa of the Minglanilla police refuted the reports that the missing child was already found, saying that the search operation for her is still going on.
Emperwa said the barangay captains of Guindaruhan, Tungkop and Tulay, and the municipal government had already extended help in the search operation of the child.
Before the incident, Miriam and Parame and their youngest sister Quintin went to the farm with their parents Sunday morning for a picnic.
But when it started to rain at about
Upon going home, Cecilia said she was carrying Quintin while Miriam took Parame on her back when they began to cross the river.
Miriam went ahead of her mother but when the water began to rise, Cecilia was able to retreat back. But it was already impossible for Miriam to follow her mother since she was already in the middle of the river with her sister.
Instead, she climbed onto a rock, thinking that they’ll be safe there. But the water had kept on rising until both of them were carried away by the heavy current.
When recovered more than an hour after the incident, Miriam suffered severed injuries to her head.
The local government unit of Minglanilla has already given P10,000 assistance to the victims’ family, which also received a sack of rice, a cartoon of noodles and sardines from the provincial government. — Flor Z. Perolina/LPM
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