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2 linemen hurt while trying to restore power in Negros Occidental

/ 07:26 PM December 31, 2021

2 linemen hurt

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Two electric cooperative linemen working to restore power in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental were injured when a concrete electric post they were on fell on Wednesday, Dec. 29.

Gaspel Reyes, 25, and a resident of Bago City, Negros Occidental, was injured in the right arm, while Remiel Calapillo, 27, and a resident of Iloilo City, sustained injuries in the right wrist and left shoulder.

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Both of them are working as linemen of the Iloilo II Electric Cooperative Inc. and were assisting the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative to restore power in Typhoon Odette-hit areas.

The Hinigaran Fire Station and Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office personnel responded to the fallen concrete electric post-accident.

The two linemen were then brought to a Hinigaran medical clinic.

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