Published April 19, 2021, 4:03 PM
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – What was supposed to be a happy family outing ended in tragedy after the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) they were riding in fell into an irrigation canal, killing 13 people, most of them children, in Barangay Bulo here Sunday.
Tabuk police chief Police Col. Radino Belly said a black Ford Everest with license plates AAK 9184 driven by Jail Officer 1 Soy Lope Agtulao, 36, plunged into the irrigation canal and submerged in the water at about 6 p.m.
Authorities said Soy died along with her children Cydwin Lope, 6, and Cyan Lope, 4; her sister Sony Puking Lope, 22; her father Alfredo Cutit Lope, 59; relatives Judilyn Talawec Dumayom, 31; Seadarn Dumayom, 5; Jeslyn Dumayom,4; Remedios Longey Basilio, 56; Jessibel Basilio Paycao, 27; Cedric Basilio Paycao, 4; Scarlet Paycao, 3; and Marlo Gel Perena, 6.