TUGUEGARAO, Cagayan, Philippines — A farmer and his carabao were electrocuted in Barangay Pattao, Buguey, Cagayan on Thursday.
Wilson Balao was transporting sacks of palay on his carabao-drawn cart when the animal stepped on a live wire in a rice field at around 11 a.m.
Balao and the carabao died at the scene.