TWO persons died after they were electrocuted at Barangay Miranda in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental Monday morning, August 20.

Senior Inspector Ryan Salazar, town police chief, identified the fatalities as Jiboy Sordilla, 32, of Barangay 3-Poblacion; and Johny Gigantoni, 22, of Barangay Miranda.

Salazar said that Sordilla, a private computer technician, asked the help of Gigantoni, and several others to pull a guy wire, a tensioned cable designed for securing free-standing structures, of an internet connection line.

They were standing on a ladder and holding the galvanized iron when it accidentally fell and hit the post of Negros Occidental Central Electric Cooperative (Noceco). This also caused them to fall to the ground and hit by the electric current.

Both sustained injuries and were rushed to a hospital, where they were declared dead.

Robbed

A woman was injured after she was allegedly struck on her face and robbed by two unidentified men at Hacienda Garcia, in Barangay Vista Alegre, Bacolod City Monday, August 20.

Police identified the victim as Elisa Bello, 52, of the said village.

Bello was walking when the robbers, who were wearing green and black shirts with black face masks, suddenly appeared in the middle of the sugarcane field and struck her several times in the head using a stone, police records showed.

The robbers allegedly took her shoulder bag containing P 215,000 and fled.

The victim sustained injuries and was brought to Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital.