Boy, 8, drowns in Malabon resort
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:55:52 +0000
An eight-year-old boy drowned in a resort on M. H. Del Pilar Street in Barangay Maysilo, Malabon City, Sunday morning.
Police identified the victim as Nigelmin Berinio of Barangay 67, Tondo, Manila.
According to a report, the victim and his mother, July Anne Berinio, 25, were invited by the latter’s boyfriend to a family outing at the said resort.
A certain Mark Anthony Guia, 17, told police that while he was swimming, his foot touched the victim’s body at the bottom of the pool.
Guia alerted his friend, a certain Erickson Uy, 18, and the resort’s lifeguard, Leidielyn Cruz, 37, who tried to revive the boy using cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), investigation showed.
Later, the victim was rushed to San Lorenzo Ruiz Women’s Hospital in Malabon City but was declared dead on arrival at about 11:41 a.m. (Minka Tiangco)