LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — A seven-year-old girl died after she was stung by a jellyfish while swimming on a beach in Barangay Haponan, Caramoan, Camarines Sur last week, police said.
Gaia Trimarchi, a resident of Rome, Italy, was with her Filipina mother Romanita Cabanlong and her friends when the incident occurred.
Police Officer 1 David Catangui said it took almost two hours before the girl was brought to the Caramoan municipal hospital, where she was declared dead.