HERMOSA, Bataan- The body of an old man who might have fallen from a hanging bridge in a village in Dinalupihan, Bataan was found floating and recovered at the Almacen river in Hermosa town Tuesday morning.
Roberto Manalansan said they last saw their father, Vicente Manalansan, 74, at 12 midnight of Monday while sleeping in their house in Barangay Pentor in Dinalupihan. He said that his father had the habit of leaving the house unnoticed at dawn.
“Ulyanin na ang tatay ko at maaaring tatawid sa tulay,” he said, discounting any foul play.
From the house, the old man might have walked towards the hanging bridge which is less than 100 meters away.
The victim apparently fell from the bridge down the river and drowned. The body was pushed by strong current towards the river of the next town of Hermosa.
Police said barangay officials noticed a body floating and carried away by fast current in the river at 10 in the morning of Tuesday.
The officials with the use of a motorized banca caught up with the body at the portion of the Almacen river in Sitio Macera in Barangay Almacen.
When recovered, the victim wore a blue T-shirt and black underwear.
