63-year-old dies after car falls off port

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AN ELDERLY man was found lifeless after being trapped inside his vehicle, which fell off a port in Barangay Kinawitnon, Babak District, Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) on Saturday dawn, June 18.

In a report from the Philippine Coast Guard Igacos, officials retrieved the body identified as Rogelio Tacder, 63, a resident of Andrea Homes in Panabo City, Davao del Norte.

According to the investigation, the incident happened around 2:30 a.m.

While waiting for an incoming barge crossing Igacos to Davao City, Tacder parked his vehicle when he accidentally accelerated towards the sea at Mae Wess Port.

Coast Guard officials immediately responded to the incident, and conducted a search and rescue and retrieval operations.

According to Igacos Coast Guard Ensign Vasit Venturillo, Tacder was found dead when the vehicle was retrieved and pulled from water around 6:15 a.m.

The vehicle was then towed and turned over to the Engineering Office of Kinawitnon Wharf in Barangay Kinawitnon while the victim's body was brought to the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office for proper disposition. (RGL)

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