3 kids drown in La Union

Jun Elias - The Philippine Star

August 7, 2015 | 10:00am

BACNOTAN, La Union, Philippines – Three boys drowned when they went swimming off Barangay Baroro here Thursday afternoon.

Siblings Russel, 6, and Clifford Nasol, 4, and their cousin Jake Gañola, 5, were swept away by big waves, Senior Inspector Fredilex Marron, Bacnotan police chief, said yesterday.

Marron said residents led by barangay chairman Gaudencio Cuyo brought the victims to the Bacnotan District Hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival.

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