PANGASINAN -- A 42-year old farmer was fished out of a deep well in barangay Tocok, San Fabian on Monday, July 18, a police report said.
Police said that around 9:50 p.m. of July 18, Kristina Tercias, 46, came to San Fabian Police and requested to put into record the incident that transpired on July 16.
The police quoted Tercias who said her husband Efren Tercias was found in a deep well.
He was rushed to Region 1 Medical Center Dagupan City, Pangasinan but was pronounced dead on arrival.
She narrated to the police that her husband was trying to irrigate their rice field.
"Marahil sa pagod napaupo sa tabi ng deep well at posibleng naidlip saka nahulog (The victim may have sat beside the deep well, and possibly fell asleep and fell in the deep well),” a police report said.
Since there was no one to help, the victim did not have the chance to survive.