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Farmer, carabao electrocuted in Cagayan

Raymund Catindig - The Philippine Star
January 5, 2019 | 12:00am

TUGUEGARAO, Cagayan, Philippines — A farmer and his carabao were electrocuted in Barangay Pattao, Buguey, Cagayan on Thursday. 

Wilson Balao was transporting sacks of palay on his carabao-drawn cart when the animal stepped on a live wire in a rice field at around 11 a.m.

Balao and the carabao died at the scene.

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