One-year-old baby drowns in pail of water in Sagbayan, Bohol
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LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- A one-year-old baby drowns in a bucket of water in Purok 6, Barangay San Isidro, Sagbayan town, Bohol, on Tuesday morning, January 21, 2025.
The victim was identified as John Andrei Tinapay, a resident of the said place.
Tinapay was brought to a hospital, however, he was declared dead after a few hours.
Police Captain Eric Binangbang, chief of Sagbayan Police Station, said that the victim was playing outside their house with his siblings when the incident happened.
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Meanwhile, the victim’s parents were having their breakfast at the house of their grandparents adjacent to their house.
Their neighbor informed the parents that the victim was playing with a bucket at the back of their house.
The parents then asked their 5-year-old child to check the victim.
The older sibling then discovered the baby drowned already in a bucket with water, with his head facing its bottom.
“Dili man kaayo daghan ang tubig, gani lang kay ang iyang nawong nag-atubang sa ilawom nga bahin sa balde,” Binangbang said.
Binangbang added that the victim was still alive when it was discovered. However, he passed away a few hours after he was brought to a hospital.
The victim was the youngest child among five siblings.
His father was a pumpboy while his mother was just a plain housewife.
Currently, the victim’s body has already been brought to a funeral home.
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