TAYABAS CITY, Quezon - A three-year-old boy drowned in a water container near a construction site in Barangay Ibaba Palale, this city, on Wednesday afternoon, August 28.
Police identified the victim as Gabriel, a resident of Barangay Gumihan, Infanta, Quezon.
The victim was found lifeless, head first, in a water container outside the construction workers' barracks by a passerby, Mary Grace Dalipe.
Rachel Coronacion, the victim’s mother, said she last saw her son playing alone outside the construction barracks.
Police are conducting follow-up investigation to determine the possibility of foul play.