CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines — Three children drowned in a deep portion of a quarry in Sitio Calangitan, Barangay Cut-Cut, Capas, Tarlac on Tuesday.
Col. David Poklay, acting Tarlac police director, identified the victims as Richel Bruno, 7; Raymar Bruno, 9, and Eunice Gutierrez, 10.
Villager Jelvin Umali, 29, said he was passing by the area when an unidentified minor told him that three children drowned in the quarry.
The victims were pronounced dead on arrival at the Divine Mercy Hospital.