(Photos courtesy of Municipal Government of Santo Tomas / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a report, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Santo Tomas said the body of Rovic Bonghanoy Estores, a resident of Purok 5, Sitio Santo Nino in Barangay Kinamayan was retrieved by responders at 10:35 am after residents in the same village spotted his body in a creek.
The MDRRMO responders found his lifeless body floating near the Lanatad Bridge. Rescuers said the body was already in the decomposition state.
According to the statement of the municipal government, initial report showed that Estores was among those who went in Purok 8, Barangay Pantaron to swim in Lunga-og river.