Boy, 5, drowns in uncovered well in Himamaylan

By Glazyl M. Jopson

BACOLOD CITY — A 5-year-old boy was found dead in a well near his house in Barangay Suay, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday.

Police Lt. Col. Anthony Grande, chief of the Himamaylan City Police Station, said the boy was last seen by his father playing outside their house near the well around noon.

Later that afternoon, the father began searching for his son and found him floating in the well at around 6 p.m.

Grande said the father tried to revive the boy and brought him to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

He said the well was nearly full of water at the time and had no cover, which likely caused the drowning.

“As a 5-year-old kid, they explore many things,” Grande said, adding that the child may have slipped into the well.