NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – A mother and son drowned when their bamboo raft capsized as they were about to harvest fish caught by their net in a swollen river in sitio Babarit, Barangay San Pedro here recently, according to the police.

PO2 Jigger Callejo, duty officer of the Narvacan police, identified the fatalities as Arsenia Callejo, 43, and her son Jomar, who were carried by rampaging waters.

The mother and son were aboard a bamboo raft bound for their fish trap when the accident occurred.
It was Callejo’s husband who was supposed to do the harvesting but could not that day because he was running a fever as a result of swelling in his hands.

The victims volunteered to harvest fish despite the fact that it was raining hard.
Rescue parties organized by Callejo’s husband recovered the woman’s body along the shoreline in barangay Pantoc, Narvacan.

On the other hand, the body of the younger Callejo was found inside the fish net whose catch he and his mother intended to harvest. (PNA) Freddie G. Lazaro