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Driver dies as car falls off ravine in Mountain Province

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Villamor Visaya Jr.

A man drowned inside his car after it fell down a 70-meter-deep ravine and onto the river in the Mountain Province town of Sabangan on October 15. — Photo courtesy of PIA Mountain Province/Jade Igoy

TUGUEGARAO CITY – A man drowned inside his car after it fell down a 70-meter-deep ravine and onto the river in the Mountain Province town of Sabangan on October 15.

The remains of Noel Padsing Tukiad, a resident of Sagada town, also in Mountain Province, was retrieved hours later on Thursday by rescue teams deployed to Sitio Dawaic, Supang village by Sabangan and the neighboring municipality of Bauko.

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Dr. Laryssa Malecdan, Sabangan Municipal Health Officer, declared Tukiad dead from asphyxia due to drowning.

Police have launched a probe to determine the circumstances surrounding the accident. /jpv

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