Man electrocuted while putting up tent for father’s wake
ROXAS CITY, Capiz— A 20-year-old man died from accidental electrocution while working on a makeshift tent for the funeral wake of his father on Tuesday at Barangay Dayhagan in Pilar, Capiz. Police identified the victim as John Dave Masbaño of said place who succumbed to burns on his chest. Investigation

By Felipe V. Celino
By Felipe V. Celino
ROXAS CITY, Capiz— A 20-year-old man died from accidental electrocution while working on a makeshift tent for the funeral wake of his father on Tuesday at Barangay Dayhagan in Pilar, Capiz.
Police identified the victim as John Dave Masbaño of said place who succumbed to burns on his chest.
Investigation by the Pilar Municipal Police Station indicated that Masbaño was about to install an electrical wire to the makeshift tent when he accidentally touched a live wire that led to his electrocution.
The victim was taken to Jesus Colmenares District Hospital in Balasan, Iloilo but he was declared dead on arrival.
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