Lightning kills boy in GenSan

Ramil Bajo - The Philippine Star

May 17, 2013 | 12:00am

KORONADAL CITY, Philippines â€“ A 13-year-old boy died after he was struck by lightning in General Santos City yesterday afternoon.

Aldrin Herolaga, of Purok 2, was hit while he was swimming in a river in Barangay Buayan with two other boys.

Herolaga was declared dead on arrival in a local hospital.

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Lightning kills boy in GenSan

AFTERNOON

ALDRIN

ALDRIN HEROLAGA

ARRIVAL

BARANGAY

BARANGAY BUAYAN

BOY

GENERAL SANTOS CITY

HEROLAGA

PUROK

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