3 kids drown in Laguna

MANILA, Philippines — Three children drowned while swimming in a lake in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna on Thursday night.

The victims – two girls and a boy aged three, seven and 12 – were playing in the rain when they decided to go to the lake in Barangay Sinalhan.

Citing accounts of the victims’ grandmother, probers said the minors initially played along the shoreline, but later walked toward a deeper part of the lake.

The grandmother sought help after seeing the children drowning.

The victims were declared dead on arrival at the Sta. Rosa Community Hospital.